Druridge Bay Wind Stats

This chart shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Druridge Bay, located 25 km away (16 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Druridge Bay blows from the NE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Druridge Bay. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 7% of the time (2 days each September) and blows offshore 25% of the time (1 days in an average September). During a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at Druridge Bay

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