Black, New York, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | II (for normal flows) |
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| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN NY | ||||
| usgs-04260500 | 800 - 5000 cfs | II | 01h28m | 2360 cfs (rc= 0.4 ) |
Update as of 7/12/07: This playspot is back!
Sort of.
According to a recent comment (click the "Comments" tab), a rock got dislodged and took away the wave on or before 6/21/08.
However, on July 12, locals removed the rock during the annual Black River Cleanup. Read about it here.
A post on the Northeast Paddlers' Massage Board says that there's still some rock-activated diversion, which means that the water's faster than before and the wave is accessible only from the river-right eddy. But...The Wave is Baaaaaaaack.
We'll keep you updated.
This is a popular after-work park-n-playspot for locals who don't have time to run the whole Black. The other great p-n-p is just below the putin on the main Black, at Hole Brothers.
This is also the site of a controversial proposal to alter the riverbed in order to provide a hole/wave that'll be attractive to high-level playdogs and international competitions. Some paddlers are concerned that messing with the riverbed might ruin a good thing; others believe that improving the playspot will give a jumpstart to efforts to improve water quality all over this historically abused, urbanized stream.
There are two putins to this p-n-p (the coordinates for which are listed below, as the putin and takeout): either park at Waterworks Park on Huntington St., hike down a longish trail and paddle upstream to the wave, or park off Rte. 3 (off Huntington St., just South of where Rte. 3 crosses the river), walk across the rocky dam runout and paddle downstream a short bit to your play. (See the map.)
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||
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| BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN NY | ||||||||||||
| usgs-04260500 | 800 - 5000 cfs | II | 01h28m | 2360 cfs (rc= 0.4 ) | ||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| Black [NY] |
3Wave Issue
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1800cfs? | Kevin Nasman | |
| Black [ny] |
Black, Route 3 wave
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1800 cfs | simon wiles | |
| Black [NY] |
Route 3 Wave
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n/a | Sharon Heller | |
| 4y166d09h57m | Black River [NY] |
The Usual Suspects
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? | John Alden |
| 7y181d17h57m | Black [NY] |
TwinTip c-1
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n/a | Dale Perry |
| 9y215d17h57m | Black River [NY] |
Another birds eye
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n/a | Christopher Wagener |
| > 10 years | Black River [NY] |
Bubba Jibbin on the Route 3 Wave
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n/a | Sharon Heller |
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5. Route 3 Wave, Black New York, US (mobile)
User Comments
at around 2500, but the wave doesn't seem to be retentive enough for freestyle moves until 1800 or
so. When you are on the wave there are boils that appear just left of center which seem to be
killing the foam pile. Hopefully whatever small rock has washed in upstream will clear back out
this fall, till then Hole Brother's is the place to be. Edit
would wait until the river drops below 3000 before you even think about making the drive. Today the
river is between 2500-2700 and the crash is just beginning to form. I went out last week at around
2200 and it was near perfect for wave surfing.
foam pile in the middle the wave is back Edit
the town to pull that rock out of there! Edit
lodged itself just upstream of the wave completely distorting it. The town is apparently trying to
remove it but the wave is pretty much un-surfable at this time. Dang floods... Edit