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Wellington, New Zealand

Feb · 65% rideable

Wellington - Worser Bay

What it's actually like

Worser Bay is a sand beach at Seatoun in Wellington, a few minutes’ drive past the airport, beside the entrance to Wellington Harbour. The Worser Bay Boating Club sits on the beach. A local wing location guide calls the bay a great learner spot, with sheltered grass for rigging and parking, and White Cloud Watersports runs its learn-to-wingfoil courses here.

Seatoun village, about 1.1 km by road, has a neighbourhood pub, Little Sprig Seatoun, and a community cafe, Arcimboldi.

The record comes from a 9 km global model with no station check, so at a harbour entrance read it as a guide.

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Your month

When it's good

12 kt+ for 3+ daylight hours · kite

February · 65%. 18 rideable days in 28, 7.4 hours a day over 12 kt. Come.

Where else it blows in February

Not yet checked against a weather station or an independent model, so treat these figures as a guide.

At a glance

Is it for you?

Skill levelComfortable
WaterBit of chop
Wind · FebUsually turns up
Crowds · FebBusy patches
Local vibeFriendly enough
Water qualityMurky after rain
NightlifeA bar or two
CostMid

Geek analysis

February in the record

65% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

In February the wind most often sits at 12 to 15 kt (24% of daylight hours) and is over 12 kt from 9am to 6pm on at least half the days. See both charts in the full report

No weather station near enough to check these figures against.

February on the record

The month's own figures, not the year's average.

Rideable days18 of 28Ten Februaries in the record
Wind, rideable hours17 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air20.3°CMaximum

Take it with you

The full Wellington - Worser Bay report

Seven sections over six pages, built from the same record as this page. A PDF you can read on the plane.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind02The month's own records03Full stays, schools & kit04Launch and tide notes05Ships, the waterski lane & the headland06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits

When it gets busy

Crowds

The Worser Bay Boating Club races on Saturday afternoons in a season that generally runs from the beginning of September to the end of April, and hosts national dinghy championships from 19 to 24 January and 26 to 30 March 2027. WindChaser has no crowd count for the bay.

On the water

What February usually does

February sits outside the best months here. 65% of days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

Your playground

Launches & safety

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

  • Launch
  • Hazard
  • Parking
  • School
  • Stay
  • Webcam
  • Approximate

Local intel

Getting there & on the ground

Nearest airportWellington (WLG)4.9 km by road, about 8 minutes.
On the groundAugust to DecemberThe windiest months in the record. October is the pick.
Getting aroundCarFrom the city, round past the airport and through the Seatoun Tunnel. A local wing guide notes sheltered grass rigging and parking by the beach.

Stay, schools & kit

Who works this beach

© White Cloud WatersportsWhite Cloud WatersportsSchool$$$MidGoogle MapsWingLearn-to-wingfoil courses at Worser Bay: an intro at the boating club, tow-foil sessions and assisted lessons, all kit supplied. Fewer water lessons May to August.
© Thilal PandithWorser Bay Boating ClubClubGoogle MapsSailingSailing club on the beach: Start Sailing for ages 8 to 14, and adult learn-to-sail. Webcams and live wind on its site.

All 3 stays near Wellington - Worser Bay on one page

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Sources

Wind dataOpen-Meteo · ECMWF IFS HRES 9 km · 2017 to 2026Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The figures on this page are statistics we counted from that data. Model data: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), CC BY 4.0. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026 (ERA5). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
Map data© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
PhotosHero, Worser Bay and the boating club from above Marine ParadeKillerCapitalKiwi · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0School, White Cloud WatersportsWhite Cloud Watersports · Google Maps · Google Maps Platform termsSchool, Worser Bay Boating ClubThilal Pandith · Google Maps · Google Maps Platform terms