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Quiet Waters Paddling Adventures

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Quiet Waters Paddling Adventures is a kayak & canoe livery in Bernalillo. They offer self-guided and guided trips on the Rio Grande near Albuquerque. Take-away rentals are available for kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes.

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Jemez Canyon Dam4.9 miCibola National Forest and Grasslands12.3 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

2009 to 2026

The water at Quiet Waters Paddling Adventures typically runs highest in April, at a median 79 cfs, and lowest in June, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,460 cfs, in 2023.

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Typical flow by month at Jemez River Outlet below Jemez Canyon Dam, NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January114.6 to 17
February169.2 to 25
March3614 to 96
April7931 to 208
May296.3 to 152
June0.00.0 to 0.8
July0.00.0 to 4.6
August0.10.0 to 3.4
September0.00.0 to 0.3
October0.00.0 to 4.0
November3.91.1 to 11
December8.12.5 to 17

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 16 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Jemez River Outlet below Jemez Canyon Dam, NM (site 08328950). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

89Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 63°F, low 36°FRain 8%Wind 7 kt, gusts 11

Streamflow

271 cfs

Above normal (90th)

Water level

2.75 ft

Air quality

24 Good

Bernalillo monitor, 3 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 10 ft. NWS reads 2.67 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: New Mexico Air Quality Bureau via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified.

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