Bunbury Surf Club Backbeach Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark 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 Bunbury Surf Club Backbeach, located 63 km away (39 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Bunbury Surf Club Backbeach blows from the WSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Bunbury Surf Club Backbeach. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 52% of the time (14 days in an average April). Over an average April winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Bunbury Surf Club Backbeach

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