MATAURA RIVER

River Pulse

Connecting to Environment Southland…
CURRENT PULSE

Waiting for river data

The dashboard will never substitute sample numbers for unavailable live readings.

Stations

Stations

RETAINED EVIDENCE

History

Preparing the local archive…

Bring in older readings

Preview a RiverPulse JSON archive or a CSV containing station, date/time and level. Nothing is added until you confirm.

No file selected.
CONTEXT

River map

Zoomable geographic context using official Environment Southland station positions. Select a layer, then click any marker for its exact reading and report time.

PHONE FIELD CAPTURE

Calibration

Three steps on site Capture the best phone GPS fix, take one repeatable photo, then save. Stay back from the water and use the same safe viewpoint each visit. GPS accuracy is recorded, not assumed. Phone altitude is not used as a water-level measurement.
Calibration maturityNot calibrated
0 observations
CHECKING FOUR-HOUR WINDOWWaiting for Fairlight and Cattle Flat history.

Use your phone to photograph a repeatable local reference. The app saves the photo, capture time and phone GPS accuracy beside an official-gauge snapshot. It does not infer the local water level.

NO LOCAL OBSERVATION YETYour next saved phone observation will appear here and on the map as an approximate private marker.
1
Capture phone locationHold still with a clear view of the sky. River Pulse samples for up to 20 seconds and keeps the most accurate horizontal fix.
Not captured
2
Take calibration photoUse the same fixed marker, fence post or bank feature each visit. The rear camera opens directly on supported phones.
No photo selected
Optional observation details

Exact GPS and the compressed photo remain in this phone browser unless you explicitly upload a test. Hosted test records are private, cannot be listed publicly and can be deleted from this screen.

WEATHER & SOURCES

Context

Official warnings and forecastsUse these as separate evidence. River Pulse does not combine forecasts and observations into a single safety score.
Open MetService warnings ↗Open Southland forecast ↗

Mataura rainfall gauges

App evidence

RiverMataura
Display timezonePacific/Auckland
Refresh interval10 minutes
Station delayed after30 minutes without a report
Station stale after60 minutes without a report
Rising / falling thresholdMore than ±10 mm/hour
Data sourceEnvironment Southland
Source healthChecking…
Last successful fetch—
Arrival-time prediction is intentionally disabled until local calibration observations are sufficient. River Pulse should not imply predictive precision it has not earned.