Gunnamatta Beach Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal July. 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 3606 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Gunnamatta Beach, located 32 km away (20 miles). There are insufficient 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 dominant wind at Gunnamatta Beach blows from the SW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Gunnamatta Beach. 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. During a typical July, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each July) and blows offshore 28% of the time (8 days in an average July). Over an average July winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 4 days at Gunnamatta Beach

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