Wind
Weather conditions at Wigram
WINDFINDER specialises in wind, wave, tide and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing or paragliding,and of course, blokart sailing. Forecasts are computed four times a day. Predictions are available in time steps of three hours for up to seven days into the future.
If you want to check out another three sources of useful weather information go to metVUW, Windy or the Weather Underground’s WunderMap.
The link below gives you up to date weather for Wigram. Please note that this link may take a few moments to load.
Tides
Tides for Pegasus Bay beaches
One of most popular coastal locations for blokart sailing near Christchurch is the Pegasus Bay beaches with long runs of firm sand (a couple of hours either-side of low tide) and regular easterly and north easterly winds. The links below give you the latest tide and wind information for Pegasus Bay beaches. With the right conditions it is possible to sail all the way from the south end of Brighton Spit (Southshore) to the Waimakariri River mouth, a distance of about 19km. Along the way you pass through South New Brighton Beach, New Brighton Beach, North New Brighton Beach, Waimairi Beach, Bottle Lake Beach & Spencer Park Beach.
• Tides at NIWA
• Tides at OceanFun
• Tides at LINZ
