Spot report
🇺🇸South Fork American River, California
updated 03:30 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· dam-regulated class III river · base: Coloma
The most-rafted river in the West, with Chili Bar and the Gorge sections and a dense outfitter base in Coloma-Lotus an hour from Sacramento.
Heads up · Crowded summer weekends; flows set by upstream releases
Wind
6 km/h
gusts 7 · from SE
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 14 °C
Daylight
07:11 → 18:26
14 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🚵
Mountain bike
RIDEABLEhero dirt, 14 °C — prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 16 °C — prime · 12 h
- Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 15 °C — prime · 12 h
- Fri 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 15 °C — prime · 12 h
This week
Today
11 km/h
12–25 °C
🧗Climb
Thu
15 km/h
15–30 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
15 km/h
15–32 °C
🚵Mountain bike
Sat
14 km/h
16–31 °C
🚵Mountain bike
Sun
15 km/h
15–29 °C
🚵Mountain bike
Mon
14 km/h
13–25 °C
🧗Climb
Tue
9 km/h
11–24 °C
🧗Climb
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 14 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 14 °C → light layer you can stash
- Daylight 07:11–18:26 → golden hour from 17:26
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