WindWatch

Live · 26 NZ regions · free

New Zealand wind,
at a glance.

See the wind where you're headed: how hard it is, which way it's blowing, and whether it's building or dropping. Built for your phone, easy to read at a distance.

Colour shows the strength, a trend line shows the last two hours, and a direction trail shows how the wind has shifted. Free, no sign-up, and it holds the last reading if your signal drops.

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Regional wind boards

Ready-made boards for 26 regions, from the Cape to the Bluff. Open your region pre-populated with the staples, then customise the stations you want from the menu.

Northland →Cape Reinga, Cape Karikari, Kaitaia, Hokianga, Kaikohe and Opouteke. Bay of Islands →Kaeo, Purerua, Kerikeri, Okahu Island, Whananaki, Tutukaka and Marsden Point. Hauraki Gulf →Rangitoto, Whangaparāoa, Tiritiri Matangi, Channel Island, Tāmaki Strait and Te Kouma. Coromandel →Channel Island, Great Mercury, Waikawau Bay, Te Kouma, Waihī Beach. Manukau / Kaipara →Puoto, Kaipara Harbour, Muriwai, Helensville, Manukau Head and Mangere Bridge. Raglan / Kāwhia →Muriwai, Manukau, Kariotahi, Pukeotahinga, Wainamu, Raglan and Taharoa. Tauranga / Waihī →Slipper Island, Golden Valley, Waihī, Tauranga A Beacon, Minden and TECT Park. Whakatāne / Hicks Bay →Tauranga, Rotoehu, Kawerau, Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki, Waihau Bay and Hicks Bay. Rotorua / Taupō →TECT Park, Rotorua, Kawerau, Galatea, Taupō and Tongariro. Gisborne East Coast →Tolaga Bay, Pouawa, Gisborne, Hicks Bay, Wharerata, Māhia and Cape Kidnappers. Hawke's Bay →Napier, Cape Kidnappers, Te Mata Peak, Māhia and more. Tongariro & Ruapehu →Tongariro, Desert Road, National Park, Waiouru and more. Taranaki & Whanganui →New Plymouth, Ōpunake, Waimarino and Whanganui. Kāpiti & Manawatū →Whanganui, Levin, Ōtaki, Paraparaumu, Kāpiti and Paekākāriki. Wairarapa →Castlepoint, Cape Palliser, Cape Turnagain, Porangahau and more. Wellington Harbour →Mt Kaukau, Wellington Airport, Seaview, Crane B and more. Wellington & Cook Strait →Brothers Island, Cape Campbell, Stephens Island, Baring Head and more. Tasman & Golden Bay →Farewell Spit, Whanganui Inlet, Tākaka, Mārahau and Nelson. Marlborough Sounds →Stephens Island, Kenepuru, Picton, Blenheim, Cape Campbell and Brothers Island. West Coast →Westport, Hokitika, Franz Josef, Haast and Milford Sound. Canterbury & Kaikōura →Kaikōura, Pegasus Bay, Banks Peninsula, Timaru and North Mole. Christchurch →Lyttelton, Godley Head, New Brighton and Naval Point. Otago →Oamaru, Moeraki, Taiaroa Head, Otago Harbour and Taieri Mouth. Queenstown & Wakatipu →Lake Wakatipu, Skyline Gondola, Walter Peak, Queenstown Golf Course, Jardines and Kingston. Fiordland →Haast, Milford Sound, Secretary Island, Manapouri and Puysegur. Southland →Nugget Point, Foveaux Strait, Riverton, Stewart Island and Ruapuke.
Why WindWatch

Wind you can read in a second.

WindWatch turns live wind into a board you read in a second. Each spot gets a big colour-coded tile, so one look tells you the current wind situation in your region. Behind every tile, a two-hour trend line shows whether the wind is building or dropping, and a direction trail shows how it has swung over the last half hour. Tap a tile to replay that shift.

Tiles sit in their real geographic positions, so the board matches the coast in front of you. On the coast, a tide bar shows where the tide is right now. It loads fast on a weak signal and holds the last reading if you lose reception, so you're not left staring at a blank screen off the coast. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app.

26regions
480+stations
Livewind, gust & direction
Offlinekeeps your last reading
Freeno account needed
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