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Rapid GA Class III

2nd Island - Surf right, play left

Sweetwater Creek - Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River (GA)

Monitor this Rapid

Gauge Conditions

Sweetwater Creek near Austell, GA Upstream Primary

Runnable: 1.6 – 8.2 FT

After the Floods of 2009 a new gauge was installed. Min. 2.4 Max. 9.00 are the old flows. The new levels validated with several frequent local paddlers.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

Good waves on the right of the island, not so good waves on the left.

Location

Other Rapids on This Run (11)

Warm up ledge.

First Ledge

Mill Shoals

The Falls

The Hole below the Falls

The Hole below the Falls

Powerline Waves

Powerline Waves

Big Island Rapid, aka Last Ruin Rapid

Big Island Rapid, aka Last Ruin Rapid

Pumping Station

Pumping Station

Take-out : Riverside Parkway

Type

Rapid

Difficulty

Class III

Mile Marker

1.9 mi

Directions

Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River

Sweetwater Creek

III-IV(V) 3.9 mi

Current Conditions

5-Day Forecast

Whitewater data from
American Whitewater