Reservoir · Canterbury · New Zealand
Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay
Kite days stay under 30 % in every month.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- 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.
Confidence lowLake or river spot: global weather models underestimate local thermal winds here.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 4 % Offabout 1 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 96 %
- Kiteable 4 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- Daylight
- 13.2 h
- Air
- 13 °Cdaily maximum, 12 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 13 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (4 %).
| Kite days% of days | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | Off | Off | Off | Off | Off | cold | cold | cold | cold | Off | Off | Off |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 |
| Daylighth | 15.0 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.6 | 15.3 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 18 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 10 of 31 | 9 of 28 | 10 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 11 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 12 of 31 | 12 of 31 | 15 of 30 | 13 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 15 of 31 |
- In January, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (7 %).
- In February, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 28 (2 %).
- In March, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (1 %).
- In April, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (2 %).
- In May, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In June, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 0 kite days out of 30 (0 %).
- In July, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 0 kite days out of 31 (0 %).
- In August, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (1 %).
- In September, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (3 %).
- In October, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 31 (4 %).
- In November, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 1 kite days out of 30 (4 %).
- In December, Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay averaged 2 kite days out of 31 (7 %).
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay
Trip odds are hidden here: at low confidence the model does not see this spot's wind well enough to count on.
How the wind behaves
In December, the windiest month
- Too light 93 %
- Kiteable 7 %
- Too strong 0 %
Too light on 93 %, kiteable on 7 %, too strong on 0 % of days.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind steadily from NW (315°).
Kitesurfing at Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay?
Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay rarely gets kiteable wind in the model data: every month stays under 20 % kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay windy in October?
Rarely. 4 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 1 days in a typical October.
How many kite days does Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay get in a year?
About 10 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
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Spot facts
- Region
- Canterbury
- Country
- New Zealand
- Water body
- Reservoir, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Hokitika Airfield (HKK), 78 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+13:00 in October
- Coordinates
- -43.2921, 171.5255
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
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Nearby kite spots in Canterbury
Kite days in October, % of days
- Lake Ellesmere / Timber
New Zealand · 32 points more kite days than Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay in October
36 %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 % - Ashworths Beach
New Zealand · 43 points more kite days than Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay in October
47 %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 % - New Brighton South
New Zealand · 38 points more kite days than Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay in October
42 %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 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Confidence: low.
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In October, 4 % of days at Lake Coleridge / Ryton Bay met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/lake-coleridge-ryton-bay
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