Let's Kite goes Southern Hemisphere

456 new weather stations in Australia and New Zealand. Live wind data, official sources, for riders who surf on the other side of the world.

+456

new stations
added at once

2 countries

Australia & New Zealand
covered

10 min

fastest update frequency
(BOM)

Since its early days, Let's Kite has been built around European spots. Today marks a turning point: for the first time, the platform expands beyond the northern hemisphere. Australian and New Zealand riders can now check real-time conditions — directly on the map, in alerts, and in their dashboard — just like their European counterparts.

This is no token integration. With 418 Australian stations and 38 New Zealand stations, this update represents the largest geographical expansion in the project's history.

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Australia — Bureau of Meteorology

Official source of the Australian government

Stations

418 active

Update frequency

Every 10 min

Data

Wind, gusts, direction, temp., humidity, pressure

Coverage

7 states and territories

NSW Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Northern Territory

Spots covered

Gold Coast Sydney Melbourne Great Ocean Road Perth Sunshine Coast Darwin Hobart

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New Zealand — MetService

New Zealand's national meteorological service

Stations

38 active

Update frequency

Every 30 min

Data

Wind, direction, temp., humidity, pressure

Coverage

North Island & South Island

Spots covered

Auckland Wellington Christchurch Queenstown Kaikōura Nelson Dunedin

This data powers exactly the same features as European stations: real-time map, personalised wind alerts, and tracking dashboard. No second-tier interface, no different treatment — Australian and New Zealand riders access the same tool.

What this changes in practice

• BOM and MetService stations appear directly on the Let's Kite map, just like any European station.
• Data refreshes every 10 minutes (BOM) and every 30 minutes (MetService) — enough to plan a session with confidence.
• Wind alerts work on these stations: set your threshold, get notified when the wind shows up.
• Official sources only — Bureau of Meteorology and MetService. Data reliability is guaranteed by national meteorological services.

For the curious — The integration relies on the public APIs of BOM and MetService, normalised through the same processing pipeline as the 10,000+ stations already on the platform. Each station returns the same fields: average wind, gusts, direction, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure.

Explore spots in Australia and New Zealand

All stations are available right now on the map.

View the map →