Crater lake · New Zealand
Lake Pupuke
Lake in New Zealand
- Area
- 1.0km²
- Average depth
- 4.4m
- Elevation
- 11m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 4.0km
- Volume
- 0.004km³
Lake Pupuke is a crater lake in New Zealand. It covers 1.0 km². On average it is 4.4 m deep. Its surface lies 11 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Pupuke?
The water is warmest in February, around 23 °C at the surface, and coldest in July, around 12 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from December to March: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 24 °C on average in February and 14 °C in July. The driest month is November (52 mm of rain), the wettest May (118 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (139 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 58 | 7 | 9.3 | 20 |
| February | 23 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 64 | 8 | 8.0 | 18 |
| March | 22 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 72 | 8 | 7.4 | 18 |
| April | 19 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 83 | 10 | 6.2 | 18 |
| May | 16 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 118 | 13 | 5.0 | 20 |
| June | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 106 | 14 | 4.3 | 22 |
| July | 12 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 115 | 14 | 4.7 | 21 |
| August | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 100 | 15 | 5.5 | 21 |
| September | 14 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 86 | 13 | 6.5 | 22 |
| October | 17 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 80 | 12 | 7.4 | 23 |
| November | 20 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 52 | 10 | 8.4 | 22 |
| December | 22 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 81 | 10 | 8.3 | 21 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 5.8 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1 km² of land.
- About 0.0 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Pupuke
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 8beaches and swimming spots
Takapuna Beach, Thorne Bay Beach, Milford Beach, O'Neills Beach, Brett Beach and 3 more
- 1campsites
Takapuna Beach Holiday Park
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Dolphin Underwater Club
- 18marinas and slipways
Takapuna Boat Ramp, Milford Marina and 16 more
- —ferry piers
- —viewpoints
- 10hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Poenamo Hotel, Takapuna Motor Lodge, Pupuke Manor Motel, Emerald Inn, Spencer on Byron and 5 more
- —fishing spots
- 115restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- North Shore258,697 people
- Takapuna11,930 people
- Hillcrest11,490 people
- Forrest Hill10,750 people
- Milford5,290 people
- Hauraki4,260 people
- Wairau Valley4,000 people
- Belmont3,240 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Auckland International Airport (AKL), 26 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | 23.0 | 23.5 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 17.1 | 14.8 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 15.5 | 16.9 | 19.0 | 21.2 |
| 2020 | −0.1 | +1.3 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.5 | −0.1 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | −0.1 | −0.3 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | −0.1 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +1.8 | +1.8 |
| 2022 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.8 |
| 2023 | −0.7 | −1.3 | −1.1 | +0.1 | +0.4 | −0.2 | +0.4 | −0.7 | +0.5 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.6 |
| 2024 | +1.5 | +0.1 | −1.5 | −0.4 | −1.2 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +1.4 |
| 2025 | −0.7 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.8 | −0.3 | +0.1 | +0.9 | +2.5 | +1.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
About these numbers
| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q3407608) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
