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Tubing & Adventures

Tubing & Adventures

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Tubing & Adventures is a kayak tour operator in Waterloo. They offer tubing and kayaking trips on a 7-mile stretch of the Elkhorn River, which typically takes 2 to 3 hours by kayak or 3.5 to 6 hours by tube. The outfitter provides shuttle service upstream to the drop-off location.

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West Omaha / NE Lincoln KOA Holiday7 miElkhorn Shores Campground7.3 mi20 mi

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

Typical flow by month

1900 to 2027

The water at Tubing & Adventures typically runs highest in June, at a median 1,685 cfs, and lowest in September, at 544 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 107,000 cfs, in 2019.

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Typical flow by month at Elkhorn River at Waterloo, Nebr., in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January579400 to 995
February813485 to 1,380
March1,400931 to 2,740
April1,385910 to 2,675
May1,540901 to 2,850
June1,685875 to 3,580
July993544 to 1,970
August650401 to 1,150
September544364 to 1,030
October557401 to 1,160
November675481 to 1,160
December633411 to 1,060

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 101 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elkhorn River at Waterloo, Nebr. (site 06800500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

64Maybe/ 100

High 40°F

FogHigh 40°F, low 37°FRain 0%Wind 7 kt, gusts 12

Streamflow

2,580 cfs

Much above normal (95th)

Water level

3.66 ft

Water

49°F

Air quality

46 Good

92nd and Berry monitor, 21 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 14 ft. NWS reads 3.6 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: Douglas County Health Department (Omaha) via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified.