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Saluda River (below Lake Murray)

Live conditions for Saluda River (below Lake Murray): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

1,210cfs→ highnot now
Too high to wade safely at 1210 cfs · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp63.9°F
Stage2.69 ft
Engine callOFF 1210 cfs outside wade band 450–1000
Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 02169000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Saluda River (below Lake Murray) is a tailwater below Lk Murray Nr Columbia in South Carolina, fished for trout, striped bass, largemouth bass, panfish, catfish — rainbow, brown. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.
troutstriped basslargemouth basspanfishcatfishrainbow troutbrown trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

  • Saluda Shoals Park Boat Rampramp
  • Saluda Shoals Park Canoe/Kayak Launchcarry
  • Hope Ferry Landing (J.R. Metts/J.B. Barker Landing)ramp
  • I-26 Bridge Bank Accessbridge
  • Gardendale / SCE&G Put-incarry
  • Candi Lane Accesscarry
  • Saluda Riverwalkwalk in
  • Hilton Recreation Area Boat Rampramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.