Floatable rivers · Texas

Texas rivers you can float

16 rivers where the gauge sits on the water people actually run. Each page shows the year as a flow ribbon — typical highs, typical lows — with today's live reading pinned on top.

Pick your river

• Blanco River

  Wimberley through the cypress-lined bends toward Five Mile Dam near Kyle

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Aug–Oct kayaktubing

• Brazos River

  Below Morris Sheppard Dam at Possum Kingdom down to the Highway 180 bridge

  Fullest: Jun–Aug Leanest: Nov–Jan canoekayak

• Colorado River · Bastrop

  El Camino Real paddling trail from Bastrop toward Smithville

  Fullest: May–Jul Leanest: Oct–Dec kayakcanoe

• Comal River

  Prince Solms Park through the Tube Chute to the Guadalupe confluence

  Fullest: Jan–Mar Leanest: Jul–Sep tubing

• Frio River

  Garner State Park through the Concan crossings

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep tubingkayak

• Guadalupe River · Sattler

  Canyon Dam tailrace from Sattler through the Horseshoe Loop toward New Braunfels

  Fullest: Apr–Jun Leanest: Oct–Dec tubingraft

• Guadalupe River · Spring Branch

  Upper Guadalupe from Guadalupe River State Park through Spring Branch, above Canyon Lake

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep kayakcanoe

• Llano River

  Castell to Llano through the granite islands

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep kayakcanoe

• Medina River

  Bandera City Park downstream through the cypress canopy

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Aug–Oct tubingkayak

• Nueces River

  Upper Nueces crossings from Barksdale through Camp Wood

  Fullest: Oct–Dec Leanest: Jul–Sep tubingkayak

• Pedernales River

  Pedernales Falls State Park country near Johnson City

  Fullest: Mar–May Leanest: Jul–Sep kayakcanoe

• Rio Grande · Big Bend National Park

  Hot Springs and Boquillas Canyon through Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park

  Fullest: Aug–Oct Leanest: Mar–May canoeraft

• San Marcos River · Luling

  Lower San Marcos along the Zedler Mill Paddling Trail into Luling

  Fullest: Apr–Jun Leanest: Aug–Oct canoekayak

• San Marcos River · San Marcos

  City Park through Rio Vista Falls to Cape's Dam in San Marcos

  Fullest: May–Jul Leanest: Aug–Oct tubingkayak

• South Llano River

  South Llano River State Park into Junction

  Fullest: May–Jul Leanest: Feb–Apr tubingkayak

• Village Creek

  Big Thicket blackwater run from Village Mills toward Kountze and Silsbee

  Fullest: Jan–Mar Leanest: Aug–Oct tubingcanoe

Flow seasonality is context, not a safety rating — every river page opens with the safety notes that actually matter. Checking dates? Try the trip-window checker.