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Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe is a paddling school in Bend. They offer rentals, tours, and lessons for kayaks, canoes, and stand-up paddleboards. They also offer multi-day tours to the San Juan Islands.

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Disciplines
Lessons, Kayaking

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Typical flow by month

1924 to 1991

The water at Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe typically runs highest in July, at a median 2,200 cfs, and lowest in November, at 846 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,410 cfs, in 1965.

Typical flow by month at Deschutes R at Benham Falls near Bend, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January892615 to 1,080
February920692 to 1,200
March1,030704 to 1,240
April1,2751,095 to 1,530
May1,8101,420 to 2,130
June2,0101,495 to 2,360
July2,2001,560 to 2,530
August2,0001,560 to 2,300
September1,7251,330 to 1,985
October1,080952 to 1,360
November846594 to 1,000
December857622 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 67 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Deschutes R at Benham Falls near Bend, OR (site 14064500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

80Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Wed, Sep 23 (89)

High today

84°F

Wind

10 kt

Gusts 16 kt

Rain chance

0%

Week ahead

Mon84°F0%
Tue72°F0%
Wed71°F0%
Thu80°F20%
Fri60°F56%
Sat60°F2%
Sun50°F7%

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

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