Daily forecast
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Last update: 04:35 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
Friday, Sep 19
Wind
Weather
00h
11 kts
max 20 kts
1.81 mm
5° C
1001 hpa
03h
9 kts
max 20 kts
0.42 mm
4° C
1004 hpa
06h
8 kts
max 14 kts
1° C
1007 hpa
09h
6 kts
max 6 kts
6° C
1009 hpa
12h
4 kts
max 4 kts
9° C
1008 hpa
15h
9 kts
max 10 kts
11° C
1006 hpa
18h
11 kts
max 19 kts
7° C
1006 hpa
21h
14 kts
max 27 kts
4° C
1006 hpa
Saturday, Sep 20
Wind
Weather
00h
7 kts
max 13 kts
2° C
1005 hpa
03h
7 kts
max 11 kts
1° C
1003 hpa
06h
5 kts
max 5 kts
1° C
1003 hpa
09h
8 kts
max 11 kts
10° C
1003 hpa
12h
8 kts
max 10 kts
14° C
1001 hpa
15h
14 kts
max 16 kts
13° C
999 hpa
18h
11 kts
max 22 kts
9° C
997 hpa
21h
13 kts
max 27 kts
8° C
995 hpa
Sunday, Sep 21
Wind
Weather
00h
14 kts
max 22 kts
8° C
992 hpa
03h
11 kts
max 18 kts
9° C
988 hpa
06h
10 kts
max 20 kts
10° C
987 hpa
09h
27 kts
max 53 kts
0.64 mm
12° C
986 hpa
12h
18 kts
max 32 kts
0.41 mm
15° C
989 hpa
15h
1 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
992 hpa
18h
3 kts
max 4 kts
10° C
996 hpa
21h
8 kts
max 15 kts
6° C
998 hpa
Monday, Sep 22
Wind
Weather
00h
7 kts
max 11 kts
6° C
998 hpa
03h
5 kts
max 5 kts
5° C
998 hpa
06h
5 kts
max 5 kts
4° C
999 hpa
09h
5 kts
max 6 kts
10° C
999 hpa
12h
5 kts
max 8 kts
15° C
997 hpa
15h
9 kts
max 11 kts
17° C
996 hpa
18h
8 kts
max 16 kts
11° C
996 hpa
21h
8 kts
max 12 kts
7° C
999 hpa
Tuesday, Sep 23
Wind
Weather
00h
7 kts
max 12 kts
6° C
1000 hpa
03h
5 kts
max 5 kts
5° C
1000 hpa
06h
6 kts
max 6 kts
5° C
1002 hpa
09h
7 kts
max 9 kts
10° C
1005 hpa
12h
6 kts
max 6 kts
14° C
1004 hpa
15h
9 kts
max 9 kts
12° C
1004 hpa
18h
3 kts
max 6 kts
9° C
1004 hpa
21h
3 kts
max 4 kts
9° C
1004 hpa
Wednesday, Sep 24
Wind
Weather
00h
9 kts
max 18 kts
8° C
1002 hpa
03h
9 kts
max 21 kts
6° C
999 hpa
06h
6 kts
max 17 kts
5° C
996 hpa
09h
5 kts
max 6 kts
9° C
995 hpa
12h
3 kts
max 5 kts
15° C
992 hpa
15h
4 kts
max 7 kts
18° C
989 hpa
18h
4 kts
max 4 kts
13° C
987 hpa
21h
6 kts
max 7 kts
9° C
987 hpa
Thursday, Sep 25
Wind
Weather
00h
5 kts
max 5 kts
7° C
985 hpa
03h
3 kts
max 3 kts
6° C
982 hpa
06h
3 kts
max 3 kts
5° C
979 hpa
09h
3 kts
max 3 kts
9° C
976 hpa
12h
1 kts
max 1 kts
10° C
972 hpa
15h
7 kts
max 8 kts
11° C
970 hpa
18h
8 kts
max 16 kts
3.22 mm
7° C
972 hpa
21h
8 kts
max 20 kts
3.79 mm
7° C
976 hpa
Friday, Sep 26
Wind
Weather
00h
8 kts
max 11 kts
1.1 mm
6° C
978 hpa
03h
5 kts
max 9 kts
4° C
978 hpa
06h
7 kts
max 10 kts
3° C
979 hpa
09h
7 kts
max 15 kts
9° C
981 hpa
12h
11 kts
max 13 kts
14° C
978 hpa
15h
9 kts
max 12 kts
15° C
978 hpa
18h
7 kts
max 11 kts
11° C
979 hpa
21h
10 kts
max 17 kts
7° C
986 hpa
Saturday, Sep 27
Wind
Weather
00h
8 kts
max 14 kts
0.71 mm
6° C
988 hpa
03h
8 kts
max 12 kts
3° C
990 hpa
06h
6 kts
max 7 kts
2° C
992 hpa
09h
7 kts
max 10 kts
9° C
994 hpa
12h
10 kts
max 12 kts
14° C
993 hpa
15h
10 kts
max 12 kts
15° C
994 hpa
18h
9 kts
max 15 kts
11° C
996 hpa
21h
8 kts
max 14 kts
7° C
998 hpa
Sunday, Sep 28
Wind
Weather
00h
12 kts
max 27 kts
8° C
998 hpa
04h
17 kts
max 30 kts
10° C
996 hpa
07h
19 kts
max 32 kts
9° C
996 hpa
10h
19 kts
max 30 kts
11° C
997 hpa
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General
This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Rakaia in Canterbury, New Zealand. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.
Forecast
This forecast is based on the GFS model. Forecasts are available worldwide. The horizontal resolution is about 13 km. Forecasts are computed 4 times a day, at about 5:00 PM, 11:00 PM, 5:00 AM and 11:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time. Predictions are available in time steps of 3 hours for up to 10 days into the future. The arrows point in the direction in which the wind is blowing.Check the wind forecast for Rakaia when you search for the best travel destinations for your kiteboarding, windsurfing or sailing vacations in New Zealand. Or use our wind forecast to find the wind speed today in Rakaia or to have a look at the wind direction tomorrow at Rakaia.
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Units
We use knots and degrees Celsius as our default units. These units are often used by sailors, kiters, surfers, windsurfers and paragliders. Use website settings to switch between units and 7 different languages at any time. For converting between wind speed units such as knots, km/h (kilometers per hour), m/s (meters per second), and mph (miles per hour) use our wind speed calculator.