Lake · Auckland · New Zealand

Lake Pupuke

Name: Lake Pupuke
Address: NZL

Best for kiting from September to October, with 50 to 53 % kite days.

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.

JJan45Good
FFeb33Possible
MMar35Possible
AApr38Possible
MMay36Possible
JJun34Possible
JJul40Good
AAug40Good
SSep53Good
OOct50Goodnow
NNov40Good
DDec41Good

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
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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.

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Month by month

MonthKite days% of days, verdictGood yearsof 0, reached 50 %

Kite days
50 % Goodabout 16 of 31 days
Too light, kiteable, too strong
Too light 50 %
Kiteable 50 %
Too strong 0 %
Best hours
10:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
Daylight
13.0 h
Air
17 °Cdaily maximum, 16 °C during kite hours
Rain
14 of 31with 1 mm or more
In one sentence
In October, Lake Pupuke averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (50 %).

Lake Pupuke

Kite days% of days	45	33	35	38	36	34	40	40	53	50	40	41
Verdictshare plus good years	Good	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Possible	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Good yearsof 0, reached 50 %	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn	15 to 19	10 to 19	11 to 18	10 to 16	10 to 16	11 to 16	11 to 16	10 to 16	10 to 17	10 to 18	10 to 18	12 to 19
Daylighth	14.4	13.5	12.3	11.2	10.2	9.7	9.9	10.7	11.8	13.0	14.1	14.6
Air°C, daily maximum	23	23	22	20	17	15	15	15	16	17	19	22
Rain days1 mm or more	12 of 31	11 of 28	11 of 31	13 of 30	13 of 31	13 of 30	13 of 31	15 of 31	15 of 30	14 of 31	15 of 30	15 of 31

In January, Lake Pupuke averaged 14 kite days out of 31 (45 %).
In February, Lake Pupuke averaged 9 kite days out of 28 (33 %).
In March, Lake Pupuke averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (35 %).
In April, Lake Pupuke averaged 11 kite days out of 30 (38 %).
In May, Lake Pupuke averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (36 %).
In June, Lake Pupuke averaged 10 kite days out of 30 (34 %).
In July, Lake Pupuke averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (40 %).
In August, Lake Pupuke averaged 12 kite days out of 31 (40 %).
In September, Lake Pupuke averaged 16 kite days out of 30 (53 %).
In October, Lake Pupuke averaged 16 kite days out of 31 (50 %).
In November, Lake Pupuke averaged 12 kite days out of 30 (40 %).
In December, Lake Pupuke averaged 13 kite days out of 31 (41 %).

Good years are not shown here: this spot has no complete per year values, because the two models drift apart over the years. 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 Pupuke

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 September, the windiest month

Too light 47 %
Kiteable 53 %
Too strong 0 %

Too light on 47 %, kiteable on 53 %, too strong on 0 % of days.

Best hours: 10:00 to 17:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.

Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors

Wind mostly from WSW (248°), fairly steady direction.

Kitesurfing at Lake Pupuke: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf at Lake Pupuke?

The best months are September to October: from 2017 to 2025, 50 to 53 % of days in those months were kite days.

Is Lake Pupuke windy in October?

Yes, often. 50 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 16 days in a typical October.

How many kite days does Lake Pupuke get in a year?

About 147 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: Auckland
Country: New Zealand
Water body: Lake, from Natural Earth map data
Nearest airport: Auckland International Airport (AKL), 26 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
Time zone: UTC+13:00 in October
Coordinates: -36.7775, 174.7690
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.

Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.

Nearby kite spots in Auckland

Kite days in October, % of days

Milford
New Zealand · 9 points more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
59 %
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 Milford: Jan 49 %, Feb 41 %, Mar 39 %, Apr 51 %, May 44 %, Jun 44 %, Jul 46 %, Aug 48 %, Sep 59 %, Oct 59 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 48 %
Browns Bay
New Zealand · 13 points more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
63 %
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 Browns Bay: Jan 52 %, Feb 44 %, Mar 43 %, Apr 56 %, May 48 %, Jun 47 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 61 %, Oct 63 %, Nov 53 %, Dec 55 %
St. Heliers
New Zealand · 15 points more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
65 %
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 St. Heliers: Jan 60 %, Feb 51 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 58 %, May 47 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 52 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 56 %, Dec 57 %
Tamaki River
New Zealand · 3 points more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
53 %
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 Tamaki River: Jan 49 %, Feb 38 %, Mar 36 %, Apr 43 %, May 39 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 42 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 55 %, Oct 53 %, Nov 44 %, Dec 44 %
Manly Beach
New Zealand · 15 points more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
65 %
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 Manly Beach: Jan 53 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 46 %, Apr 59 %, May 50 %, Jun 50 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 61 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 56 %
Orewa
New Zealand · 16 points more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
66 %
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 Orewa: Jan 56 %, Feb 45 %, Mar 48 %, Apr 61 %, May 54 %, Jun 54 %, Jul 54 %, Aug 57 %, Sep 63 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 56 %, Dec 59 %
Jenkins Bay
New Zealand · 1 point more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
51 %
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 Jenkins Bay: Jan 50 %, Feb 35 %, Mar 31 %, Apr 41 %, May 35 %, Jun 35 %, Jul 41 %, Aug 42 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 51 %, Nov 40 %, Dec 42 %
Muriwai
New Zealand · 8 points more kite days than Lake Pupuke in October
58 %
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 Muriwai: Jan 50 %, Feb 40 %, Mar 40 %, Apr 50 %, May 46 %, Jun 51 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 57 %, Sep 62 %, Oct 58 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 47 %

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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, 50 % of days at Lake Pupuke 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-pupuke

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