Best Kitespots in Canterbury

4 spots · New Zealand

Best for kiting from December to January, with 52 to 55 % kite days. Water 18 to 19 °C.

Median of 3 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 4 spots
Median kite days: 36 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 14 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Ashworths Beach; 42 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Canterbury

Canterbury in New Zealand has 4 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 36 % kite days over the year; Ashworths Beach leads with 42 %.

Best season at the median spot: December to January (50 % kite days or more). Water about 14 °C.

Best time to visit Canterbury

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched
Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Best season: December to January

Kite days at the median spot range from 22 % in May to 55 % in December.

Water 9 °C in August to 19 °C in February. Air 11 °C in July to 19 °C in February, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Canterbury: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Canterbury?

The best months are December to January: the median spot in Canterbury had 52 to 55 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Canterbury?

Ashworths Beach has the most kite days in Canterbury: 42 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Canterbury?

The water ranges from 9 °C in August to 19 °C in February at the median spot. Wetsuit: 6/5 with boots and gloves in August, 3/2 in February.

Spots by month

Kite days per month, strongest spots first.

Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for spots in Canterbury
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ashworths Beach	60	60	43	33	24	24	24	28	41	47	56	63
New Brighton South	52	46	33	30	22	23	24	24	36	42	46	55
Lake Ellesmere / Timber	46	45	35	27	18	17	18	22	36	36	42	44

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Good for learning

Kite schools teach here, checked against kite guides. Only spots we checked appear.

None checked in Canterbury yet.

All spots in Canterbury

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Ashworths Beach
New Zealand
42 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Ashworths Beach: Jan 60 %, Feb 60 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 33 %, May 24 %, Jun 24 %, Jul 24 %, Aug 28 %, Sep 41 %, Oct 47 %, Nov 56 %, Dec 63 %
2
New Brighton South
New Zealand
36 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at New Brighton South: Jan 52 %, Feb 46 %, Mar 33 %, Apr 30 %, May 22 %, Jun 23 %, Jul 24 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 42 %, Nov 46 %, Dec 55 %
3
Lake Ellesmere / Timber
New Zealand
32 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Lake Ellesmere / Timber: Jan 46 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 35 %, Apr 27 %, May 18 %, Jun 17 %, Jul 18 %, Aug 22 %, Sep 36 %, Oct 36 %, Nov 42 %, Dec 44 %
4
Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay
New Zealand
3 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay: Jan 7 %, Feb 2 %, Mar 1 %, Apr 2 %, May 0 %, Jun 0 %, Jul 0 %, Aug 1 %, Sep 3 %, Oct 4 %, Nov 4 %, Dec 7 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for Canterbury: median of 3 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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kiteCOMPASS, kite spots in Canterbury, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/new-zealand/canterbury

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