Waimate Creek is a natural watercourse in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
[2] Waimate Creek runs roughly eastwards, rising in the Hunters Hills before reaching the narrow coastal plain of the Pacific Ocean, skirting the west and southern side of Waimate township and then discharging metres from the sea into the Wainono Dead Arm, which links the Waihao River and Wainono Lagoon.
[3] Waimate Creek is considered by Environment Canterbury to be in good ecological condition.
Fish species found within the stream include the Canterbury galaxias, New Zealand longfin eel, and upland bully.
In Studholme, near its discharge into the Wainono Dead Arm, it is crossed by State Highway 1 and the Main South Line railway.