Bahia Tortugas (Turtle Bay) Wind Stats

The figure shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Bahia Tortugas (Turtle Bay), located 21 km away (13 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Bahia Tortugas (Turtle Bay) blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Bahia Tortugas (Turtle Bay). On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each April) and blows offshore just 8% of the time (2 days in an average April). During a typical April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 3 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Bahia Tortugas (Turtle Bay)

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