Best time to kitesurf Adelaide – North Haven

The best time to kitesurf at Adelaide – North Haven is January, with about 15 windy days a month (15+ knots) and water around 23°C.

North Haven, South Australia, Australia

Sports: Kitesurfing, Wingfoiling, Windsurfing

Best time to go: January

Adelaide – North Haven wind & wave forecast

North Haven is a beach suburb at the northern end of Adelaide's metropolitan coast, on the Lefevre Peninsula about 25 km north-west of the city centre by road, next to the North Haven marina. The beach ends at the long rock breakwater on the channel into Outer Harbor, which riders call The Wall. Drive to the car park at the end of Australia Two Avenue and launch on the beach in front of the North Haven Surf Life Saving Club; there are showers and parking, but little room to rig. Riders call it a bit desolate and a long drive from the southern suburbs, but worth it.

The spot has two seasons. In winter, from about June to August, pre-frontal north-westerlies of 12 to 20 knots blow along the beach and the breakwater keeps the water behind it flat and glassy: some of the best flat water on Adelaide's coast for freestyle and carving, and learners can practise their board skills there downwind of everyone else. North-easterlies are gusty. In summer the afternoon sea breeze often blows from the south-west here while most Adelaide beaches have a southerly, and riders find it 5 to 10 knots stronger than elsewhere on the coast, with many 25 to 30 knot afternoons. A straight south-westerly is onshore, and when the wind swings south or south-south-east late in the day it still works but gets gusty and shifty. The sea breeze brings small wind waves inside and bigger ones beyond the breakwater, where windsurfers jump.

The breakwater is the main hazard: in southerly winds it lies downwind, so anyone who drifts or drops their kite is pushed towards the rocks. Keep well upwind of it and away from the harbour entrance and its boats. Heavy weed washes up at times. Lifesavers patrol in summer: keep away from their flags and from swimmers, and launch well clear of other beach users. The north-westerly flat water is the time for improvers; the summer sea breeze suits intermediate and advanced riders. The water is about 13 °C in August and 23 °C in February: a 5/4 with boots in mid-winter, a 4/3 in spring and autumn, a 3/2 or a spring suit in summer.

Month by month at Adelaide – North Haven

January: 15 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 23°C, air 30°C (nights 17°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 30 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 4; a day can have both
February: 9 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 23°C, air 29°C (nights 17°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 2; a day can have both
March: 7 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.8 m, water 23°C, air 27°C (nights 16°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 4; a day can have both
April: 5 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.9 m, water 20°C, air 23°C (nights 13°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 25 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 6; a day can have both
May: 6 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 1.2 m, water 17°C, air 19°C (nights 10°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 10; a day can have both
June: 8 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 1.4 m, water 15°C, air 16°C (nights 9°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 22 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 16; a day can have both
July: 9 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 1.6 m, water 13°C, air 15°C (nights 8°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 11; a day can have both
August: 9 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 1.6 m, water 13°C, air 17°C (nights 9°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 26 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 15; a day can have both
September: 9 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 1.5 m, water 15°C, air 19°C (nights 10°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 28 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 11; a day can have both
October: 10 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 11 knots, waves 1.4 m, water 18°C, air 21°C (nights 12°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 11; a day can have both
November: 12 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.9 m, water 19°C, air 23°C (nights 13°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 27 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 10; a day can have both
December: 12 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 12 knots, waves 0.8 m, water 21°C, air 26°C (nights 15°C), sun (6+ hours) on about 29 days, rain (1+ mm) on about 5; a day can have both

Kitesurfing in Australia: January

When is the best time to go kitesurfing, wingfoiling & windsurfing at Adelaide – North Haven?

January, when it is windy most often.

How warm is the water at Adelaide – North Haven?

13°C to 23°C over the year: a shorty or lycra in the warmest month, a 5/4 with boots in the coolest.

How windy is Adelaide – North Haven?

About 111 days a year with at least 2 hours of 15+ knots in the daytime, most in January.

Figures from 5 years of weather data (Open-Meteo).

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