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Best for waves
4 places in New Zealand have at least one spot with waves: Auckland, Christchurch, Waikato - Raglan and Auckland (Whangaparaoa Peninsula). Between them, 4 wave spots and 7 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
AucklandChristchurchWaikato - RaglanAuckland (Whangaparaoa Peninsula)Everything New Zealand doesWaves nearbyAlso in New Zealand
4 places, largest first
1 of its 7 spots is marked for waves
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 56%, Feb 44%, Mar 55%, Apr 70%, May 69%, Jun 65%, Jul 68%, Aug 50%, Sep 72%, Oct 77%, Nov 58%, Dec 55%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
also flat wateralso beginnersalso waves and flat
Photo: Mk6aizsc / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 of its 1 spot is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec.
Photo by Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
also beginnersalso foiling
Photo by Misaochan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 1 spot is marked for waves
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
Photo by Si77, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; waves is the column you are on
| Place | Flat water | Waves | Beginners | Foiling | Waves and flat | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 5 | 1 | 3 | none | 6 | 5 |
| Christchurch | none | 1 | none | none | none | 1 |
| Waikato - Raglan | none | 1 | 1 | 1 | none | 1 |
| Auckland (Whangaparaoa Peninsula) | none | 1 | none | none | none | none |
| Lake Clearwater | 1 | none | none | none | none | none |
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for New Zealand where there is one - 1 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Waves nearby
New CaledoniaFijiAustraliaIndonesiaPhilippines
The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: New Caledonia 2,338 km, Fiji 2,681 km, Australia 3,970 km, Indonesia 6,961 km, Philippines 7,908 km.
Also in New Zealand
A place is here when at least one of its spots describes waves, surf, swell or a beach break in its water, or is tagged for wave riding, surf or strapless. Spots whose only wave mention is "small waves" do not count. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.