Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay Wind Stats

The graph shows how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical October. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3471 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay, located 46 km away (29 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 most common wind at Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay blows from the ENE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Tokerau Beach or Doubtless 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 October, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 1.0% of the time (0 days each October) and blows offshore just 6% of the time (2 days in an average October). In a typical October wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Tokerau Beach or Doubtless Bay

read more