Hey Paddlers

Welcome to Kayak Dog, where we are dedicated to getting you the latest in river conditions and paddling information. We are running live feeds from the USGS and updating our site frequently.

We have a growing image gallery and many plans for new features ...

Be sure to check out our image slideshow

Right now Kayak Dog automatically searches the USGS every 15 minutes or so for the latest river levels across the country. Then we colorcode the river levels for quick visual reference of what is running and what is too low to paddle.

We are also calculating trends using previous readings to display if the river is rising, falling, or holding.

We are in the process of adding river information to the individual river pages, with beta on the put in, take out, the rapids, etc...

More later

Kayak Dog out

Rod Learning to Wheel
Saint Francis River Rod enjoys playboating, surfing, and running class III-IV rivers. His paddling ranges from the Arkansas River in Colorado to the Ocoee, Nolichucky, and Nantahala Rivers in the east. He has paddled some of the beautiful whitewater rivers in Arkansas, and the neighboring Saint Francis river, 2 hours south of Saint Louis MO.

Rod is one of the 4 cofounders of the Kansas Whitewater Association

Rod runs a part time web development and design business and has over 100 clients around the globe. He has done extensive development in php, javascript, dhtml, css, and AJAX, and wrote the script running this site from scratch.

For fun visit Rod's online arcade at Big Dog Arcade