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10,000 Waves Raft & Kayak Adventures

10,000 Waves Raft & Kayak Adventures

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10,000 Waves Raft & Kayak Adventures is a kayak tour operator in Missoula. The outfitter guides whitewater rafting, kayaking, and float tours on the Clark Fork River (Alberton Gorge, Tarkio Gorge, Hellgate Canyon) and the Blackfoot River.

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Kayaking, Sea Kayaking, Guided Tours

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Typical flow by month

1929 to 2025

The water at 10,000 Waves Raft & Kayak Adventures typically runs highest in June, at a median 7,250 cfs, and lowest in January, at 1,250 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 31,500 cfs, in 2018.

Typical flow by month at Clark Fork above Missoula MT, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1,2501,000 to 1,540
February1,3401,120 to 1,560
March1,5801,360 to 2,040
April2,9302,250 to 4,760
May6,9005,050 to 10,600
June7,2504,960 to 10,500
July2,5601,780 to 3,790
August1,340981 to 1,710
September1,3351,030 to 1,670
October1,4801,270 to 1,770
November1,5101,320 to 1,760
December1,3101,100 to 1,620

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 96 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Clark Fork above Missoula MT (site 12340500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

93Go/ 100 conditions score

Streamflow

1,600 cfs

Normal (66th)

Water level

2.74 ft

Water

56°F

High today

77°F

Wind

7 kt

Gusts 8 kt

Rain chance

0%

Week ahead

Mon77°F0%
Tue80°F5%
Wed77°F2%
Thu84°F1%
Fri72°F49%
Sat63°F49%
Sun65°F13%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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