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Playspot AL Class III

Good Wave

Chattahoochee - 8 - Metro Columbus/Phenix City (AL)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Chattahoochee River at 14th ST, at Columbus, GA Downstream Primary

Runnable: 700.0 – 30,000.0 CFS

3 Unit release is approximately 8000 CFS, but can go as high as about 9500 CFS.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

This feature exists at every flow level. As levels rise it becomes a tremendous wave. At flows above 8000 this becomes a class 3 wave. If the pool behind the wave is high and the flow is at least 8k there is marginal eddy service. At 13K there is reliable eddy service.