The main reservoir release gate will remain at 165 cfs and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. RRP: 180cfs+/- Sixx remains steep and fun today. Benni’s and Chiclets are surfable as well. Pueblo: 910cfs+/- P-town new wave is CLOSED to river surfing but OPEN to tubing?!?…./s. UPDATE, P-TOWN […]
Category: Chatfield Water Release Announcements
Posts relayed from daily update(s) for the release of water from the Chatfield Reservoir determined by Colorado State employee Brent Schantz (River Operations & Compact Coordinator for Water Division One)
Chatty 160cfs (Sixx is steep fun, RiverApp, Surfline, Olympic Surfing, New Surf Helmet Coming Soon)
The main reservoir release gate will remain at 160 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Monday, July 29, 2024. RRP: 185cfs+/- Sixx (with a bit of extra native flows in the river on top of the dam release) is shaped steep so bring your normal short board to surf Sixx. […]
Chatty 160cfs (Sixx is steep fun, RiverApp, Surfline, Olympic Surfing, New Surf Helmet Coming Soon)
The main reservoir release gate will remain at 160 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Monday, July 29, 2024. RRP: 185cfs+/- Sixx (with a bit of extra native flows in the river on top of the dam release) is shaped steep so bring your normal short board to surf Sixx. […]
Chatty Remains 160cfs (Sixx is fun)
The main reservoir release gate will remain at 160 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Sunday, July 28, 2024. RRP: 185cfs+/- Same report as the AM with some extra flow in the river over the dam release. Sixx is steep and fun. Benni’s is surfable. Chiclets has got a real […]
Sunday AM 7/28/24 Surf Report
Will update flows when I get the official word from the Chatfield Water Managers later this morning. RRP: 180cfs+/- Sixx was shaped steep and fun last night so should be similar the first half of the day at the least. Benni’s is surfable as evidenced by the wave indicator of the water touching the bottom […]
Chatty ups to 160cfs (Sixx gets low flow fun surf, P-town new wave is fun-fun-fun)
The main reservoir release gate will increase from 110 cfs to 160 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Saturday, July 27, 2024. RRP: 180cfs+/- (predicted) Sixx will come back to a fun low flow surfable level hopefully with some additional native flow in the river. Also keep an eye on […]
Chatty 110cfs (Sixx is poor try Chiclets)
The main reservoir release gate will remain at 110 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Friday, July 26, 2024. RRP: 140cfs+/- Sixx was surfed last night at a tad bit higher flow but from the pole cam pics it didn’t look all that dynamic and might be flatter today; though, surf […]
Chatty 110cfs (Sixx goes about surfable to ???, 8/15 VFMP water shut-off looms for Scout, Amazing P-town New Wave pic)
The main reservoir release gate will decrease from 150 cfs to 110 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Thursday, July 25, 2024.. RRP: 140cfs+/- Sixx with some extra native flow on top of the 110cfs release falls just at or out of surfable range while Chiclets will still be surfable. […]
Chatty drops to 150cfs (Sixx goes from good to fair/poor)
The main reservoir release gate will decrease from 215 cfs to 150 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. RRP: 175cfs+/- Hope you got it the first part of the day as the flow drops off to a less than good flow for Sixx but can be […]
Chatty again 215cfs
The main reservoir release gate will remain at 215 cfs, and the fish hatchery will remain at 10 cfs today, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. RRP: 250cfs+/- Sixx is fun. Benny’s is surfable and Chiclets is real fun also. Pueblo: 1,400cfs P-town’s new wave is surfing real well as Cody rebrands the wave while non-stop surfing […]
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