A question for our Paddlewise members in New Zealand.......... what weather conditions might a fellow kayaker expect to find mid-October on North Island, say around Wellington or Auckland? Temperature ranges, likelihood of rains, etc. A little advance knowledge would surely guide my packing. Ol' Dave *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Its still spring here in mid October, so the weather can be very changeable. Can't speak for Wellington, but with the Auckland / Hauraki Gulf area day time air temperature would be around the high teens to low 20's (C ). Water temperature would be just starting to warm up with a lot of people going for their 1st swim at Labour weekend, so lets say around the 18C to 20C mark. Rain will be unpredictable this far advance but yes expect it, October is traditionally wet and windy although you will have stretches of fine weather. Because we don't have much land mass between the seas NZ weather is very changeable. Hope for the best but be prepared for the worse and don't plan on doing this or that on certain days, instead be flexible and have back up plans so if the weather does turn to the worse you can still get out and enjoy yourselves. Cheers Grant Dave Bishop wrote: > A question for our Paddlewise members in New Zealand.......... what weather > conditions might a fellow kayaker expect to find mid-October on North Island, > say around Wellington or Auckland? Temperature ranges, likelihood of rains, > etc. A little advance knowledge would surely guide my packing. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Dave, I asked this question of a work fellow who is a former meteorologist, hoping for a more scientific answer than I would have come up with. His reply: "Changeable". I'm pleased that I didn't waste time getting a university education in weather-speak! As Grant has already replied, Spring is changeable, and as a country fully exposed to maritime weather in the Roaring Forties, we get a little of everything. While a very small country, the north to south aspect gives us a good variation. Northern climes can be sub-tropical as the south is getting gales from Antarctica. Because it is the capital, Wellington is ALWAYS wet and windy! It's natures' way of balancing out the hot air produced in parliament. More to the point Dave, are you making your way down to Christchurch? There is plenty of paddling to be done down here. Cheers JKA -- John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND on 14/9/07 14:42, Dave Bishop at bishopd_at_jps.net wrote: > A question for our Paddlewise members in New Zealand.......... what weather > conditions might a fellow kayaker expect to find mid-October on North Island, > say around Wellington or Auckland? Temperature ranges, likelihood of rains, > etc. A little advance knowledge would surely guide my packing. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:33:46 PDT