Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Wind Stats

This chart shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3120 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Gonubie Reef (The Lefts), located 19 km away (12 miles). There are too few 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 most common wind at Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) blows from the S. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Gonubie Reef (The Lefts). Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 23% of the time (7 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Gonubie Reef (The Lefts)

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