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kitesurf, wingfoil and paddle spots in New Zealand

218 spots listed, across 13 regions. Rideable days are computed from two full years of readings (2024 and 2025), spot by spot.

By region

When to ride

2024-2025 average
Rideable days per month, averaged over the 2024-2025 readings, spot by spot. Regions are ordered by number of spots; the grey figure is that count. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Region J F M A M J J A S O N D
Auckland 65 27 24 27 24 20 22 19 22 27 28 25 27
Northland 25 20 18 17 20 15 17 19 19 18 21 20 20
Bay of Plenty 20 25 21 21 22 16 17 14 19 25 24 24 25
Canterbury 17 25 22 23 19 15 14 12 18 26 25 26 25
Waikato 15 19 18 15 14 10 11 10 13 16 18 18 18
Otago 14 19 18 17 14 15 11 10 13 17 19 20 19
Tasman 14 18 17 19 13 11 9 8 12 21 22 21 22
Wellington 14 25 21 25 19 22 18 16 22 26 27 23 27

The windiest spots

2024-2025 average
Spot Region Rideable days
Farewell Spit Tasman 344 d/yr
Gisborne Gisborne 326 d/yr
Kaiti Beach Gisborne 326 d/yr
Wainui Gisborne 326 d/yr
Wainui Beach Gisborne 326 d/yr
Ngatitoa Domain Wellington 324 d/yr
The Puddle Wellington 324 d/yr
Breaker Bay Wellington 323 d/yr
Seatoun Beach Wellington 323 d/yr
Clifford Bay Marlborough 321 d/yr

Average rideable days per year, computed from 2024-2025 readings. A day counts as rideable when it has at least two consecutive hours of wind at 7 knots or more, blowing from a direction that works for the spot.

All spots

218 spots

Sports, by number of spots