Quick Overview of Local Kiteboard & Windsurf Locations. Kiteboard Accessability Windsurf Accessability Tide Wind Direction Estuary Easy Easy Full/Half NE-E-SE Lyttelton Harbour (Naval Point & Charteris Bay). Difficult Easy sailing -Tricky launch Any NE-E-SE-SW Brighton Beaches (Sth Shore to Nth Beach) Easy-Low Tide Tricky-High Tide Tricky Any N – NE – E – SE Waikuku Beach Easy Easy Any NW-N-NE-E-SE-S-SW Waikuku Estuary Easy Easy Full Any Ellesmere (Lakeside Domain) Easy Easy No Tide Any Sumner Tricky Tricky Any NW-N-NE-E-SE Lake Coleridge (Ryton Bay & The Intake) Ryton-Easy Intake-Difficult Ryton-Easy Intake-Difficult No Tide Any Lake Clearwater Tricky Easy No Tide Any Usefull links for weather, tides & wind info :