Best time to kitesurf Auckland – Point Chevalier

The best time to kitesurf at Auckland – Point Chevalier is January–March, October–December, the well-known local wind season, with water around 21°C.

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Sports: Kitesurfing, Wingfoiling, Windsurfing

Best time to go: January–March, October–December

Point Chevalier is a suburb on the southern shore of the inner Waitematā Harbour, about 6 km west of Auckland's city centre. The beach at the end of Point Chevalier Road has a large car park, a grassy reserve to rig on, toilets and changing rooms. It is the city's most popular kitesurfing spot, also used by wingfoilers and windsurfers, and a kite school teaches here.

The water is flat close to the beach and choppy further out, where it gets deeper. The spot works in winds from the south-west, the most common direction, through west and north to north-east. Because the wind comes over the city and the land around the harbour, it is gusty, most of all in a south-westerly, and steadier further from shore. The tidal range is about 3 m and changes the spot a lot: at low tide you walk a long way over mud to the water, at high tide there is hardly any beach left to launch and land, so mid tide is easiest. Beginners can practise body dragging and water starts in the waist-deep shallows; experienced riders head further out or look for the sandbar to jump.

Oyster shells lie on parts of the beach and in the shallows: they cut feet and kites, so wear booties and land your kite on the sand or the grass. On busy summer days leave room for swimmers and walkers, and keep clear of moored boats. The water is about 13 °C in August and 23 °C in February: a 4/3 in winter and a 3/2 or a shorty in summer. Auckland City Hospital is about 7 km away.

Month by month at Auckland – Point Chevalier

January: 5 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.3 m, water 23°C, air 23°C (nights 16°C), 27 sunny days, 16 rainy days
February: 3 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.3 m, water 23°C, air 24°C (nights 16°C), 26 sunny days, 14 rainy days
March: 3 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 8 knots, waves 0.4 m, water 21°C, air 22°C (nights 14°C), 29 sunny days, 11 rainy days
April: 6 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 19°C, air 20°C (nights 14°C), 25 sunny days, 15 rainy days
May: 4 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 8 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 17°C, air 17°C (nights 11°C), 25 sunny days, 13 rainy days
June: 4 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 8 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 15°C, air 16°C (nights 10°C), 24 sunny days, 16 rainy days
July: 7 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 14°C, air 15°C (nights 8°C), 24 sunny days, 15 rainy days
August: 4 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 8 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 13°C, air 15°C (nights 8°C), 26 sunny days, 13 rainy days
September: 6 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.7 m, water 15°C, air 16°C (nights 10°C), 25 sunny days, 16 rainy days
October: 5 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 10 knots, waves 0.6 m, water 17°C, air 18°C (nights 11°C), 27 sunny days, 16 rainy days
November: 4 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.5 m, water 19°C, air 20°C (nights 13°C), 26 sunny days, 17 rainy days
December: 4 windy days (15+ knots), average wind 9 knots, waves 0.3 m, water 21°C, air 22°C (nights 15°C), 27 sunny days, 17 rainy days

Kitesurfing in New Zealand: January, February, March, October, November, December

When is the best time to go kitesurfing, wingfoiling & windsurfing at Auckland – Point Chevalier?

January–March, October–December, the well-known local wind season (weather models underestimate the local winds here).

How warm is the water at Auckland – Point Chevalier?

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 Auckland – Point Chevalier?

About 56 days a year with at least 2 hours of 15+ knots in the daytime, most in July.

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

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