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Best Kitespots in Tasman

1 spot · New Zealand

Best for kiting all year, with 60 to 80 % kite days. Water 12 to 20 °C.

Median of 1 spot with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots
1 spot
Median kite days
69 % of days
median spot, over the year
Water
16 °C
median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot
Farewell Spit
69 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Tasman

Tasman in New Zealand has 1 kite spot in our data. The median spot reaches 69 % kite days over the year; Farewell Spit leads with 69 %.

Best season at the median spot: all year (50 % kite days or more). Water about 16 °C.

Best time to visit Tasman

  • 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: all year

Kite days at the median spot range from 60 % in May to 80 % in October.

Water 12 °C in August to 20 °C in February. Air 13 °C in July to 19 °C in January, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Tasman: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Tasman?

The best months are all year: the median spot in Tasman had 60 to 80 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Tasman?

Farewell Spit has the most kite days in Tasman: 69 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Tasman?

The water ranges from 12 °C in August to 20 °C in February at the median spot. Wetsuit: 5/4 in August, 3/2 in February.

Good for learning

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

None checked in Tasman yet.

All spots in Tasman

Kite days per year, % of days

  1. 1
    Farewell Spit

    New Zealand

    69 %
    January: 70 % kite days (Prime)February: 70 % kite days (Prime)March: 69 % kite days (Prime)April: 65 % kite days (Prime)May: 60 % kite days (Prime)June: 65 % kite days (Prime)July: 61 % kite days (Prime)August: 63 % kite days (Prime)September: 77 % kite days (Prime)October: 80 % kite days (Prime)November: 75 % kite days (Prime)December: 76 % kite days (Prime)
    Kite days by month at Farewell Spit: Jan 70 %, Feb 70 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 65 %, May 60 %, Jun 65 %, Jul 61 %, Aug 63 %, Sep 77 %, Oct 80 %, Nov 75 %, Dec 76 %

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

Kite days by month for Tasman: median of 1 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 Tasman, data 2017 to 2025. https://kitecompass.app/best-kitespots/new-zealand/tasman

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