Mad River

Checked out the wave on 11/2/17 at 1100cfs. There were no real play opportunities. The river left wave is totally washed out and the river right feature is blocked off. Not much in terms of play available.

Went on 1/24/17. The river was running ~900cfs. The river right feature was blocked by large rocks with no water flowing through. This looks like a permanent closure. On the far river right, the river has eroded a channel around both features. The river right feature was barely surfable. I was flushed very easily. Just downstream and left of center there is a surfable hole with eddy service on the left. It looks a bit shallow to do anything other than spins.

Scouted last weekend, (4/24/16) but went to Buck Creek due too shuttle issues. Didn't look like play-boat nirvana @ 650 cfs but i ran it late last year @ 800 cfs+ and it was fun, though I'm not a play-boater. Middle slot was closed, maybe permanent, idk. Whitewater Warehouse in Dayton good resource for this run, they have a weekly shuttle thing plus other events, and are a GREAT Outfitter locally, good source for paddle kharma!!! Planning on going soon, tmmrrw even (4/29/16), i'll report if so. Construction at put-in, maybe problem weekdays, i'll report. Looks improved over last year. I'm gkarjala@gmail.com if I can be of any assist.

Mad River hole surfing

Tandem sales into the hole

Pretty easy to get popups in a river runner at this level. Not sure if it's deep enough to accommodate a long boat, though.

Center chute is too shallow to be useful at this level.

On 3/21/2014 there was a strainer in the wave train below the main slot. See photo.

All 3 chutes are running but only river left is navigable. A flood damaged the construction on the river left bank, so you have to enter on the right. On this day, there was a big strainer in the wave train. (See other photo)

620 cfs

October 5th 2013 - Paddler unknown
Midwest Outdoor Experience
Around 500 cfs

The whitewater features are complete went down today 9/26/2013 there are two slots to run today the river was at 383 cfs and was not flowing through the second slot

FYI there is now a whitewater man made feature with a few slots to run river wide I went down to check the progress and they are trying to have it completed 10/4-5/2013 for the Midwest outdoor experience festival this is supposed to be like the features that have been delayed until next year on the Great Miami River check out this video of the progress as of 9/19/2013 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152205934627729

The eddies are hard to catch.

Bernie's Hole is good for play at this level but the eddies are hard to use.

just commenting on the above info

-don't park on the water departments road, you will be towed, they just let bernie run shuttle on that because he used to work there, park in eastwood lake park

-the hole isn't as good as it used to be, but generally 1000 and above is good, close to 3000 it is a workout to get back in the eddy

-it never really turns into a wave, I've been out there at around 8000-9000 and it was still a wave-hole and easy to stay on but you only had one shot

from the OAC list:

'1,400-1,200 lower is just for goofing off. I have seen it at 2,000 and it was very sticky. I have seen it at 3,000 and it became a front surfing wave that is easy to get pushed off of.

David'

This little playhole is about 1 mile southwest of Huffman Dam. It a fun little hole for Dayton, Ohio.
Around 2000 cfs the wave picks up to form a decent front surfing wave to the river left of the eddy that
has been formed by the local club. This play hole is almost always runnable from 300 cfs to 3500...
maybe more...I haven't seen it that high however, it will give you a good ride at 2000cfs.