Anyone have any experience kiting in auckland? find myself there first couple of weeks of november...cheers
Head north to Orewa, about 45 min - north of Auckland for waves.
There are a few spots in the harbour - east of the city.
Unfortunately, Auckland has a bit of a rep as being weak on wind... 
There is often wind if you know where to look, it all depends on wind direction.
Muriwai is wild west coast anything with west in it, big waves
Orewa in NE, small waves
There are places (e.g. Shoal Bay, Eastern Beach, Pt Chev) in the city but can be really gusty and lots of shells in places. Keep an eye out for squalls, seems to be more than usual this year.
Shakespeare on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula (East coast) is also good in a SW if you don't fancy getting mushed in the Muriwai waves.
Orewa works in a NE but I found it was better to head north if a NEster was predicted. It gets better up north.
If you find yourself with a bit of time, Raglan is well worth a day trip in a SW. Works best on an outgoing tide though.
It's pretty tidal in NZ though, most spots don't work well at high tide due to limited launching areas so time your visits well.
If there's wind from any direction at all you can kite in Auckland. Theres beaches for evey angle imaginable. Its 40 mins from the west to the east coast. Auckland is definatly not week on wind. particularily this time of year the spring westerlies are hitting hard. As simon says. Watch for squalls. you can have 4 seasons in an hour in nz. 10 to 40 knots in a matter of minutes.
