Shipwrecks - Hyatt Beach Wind Stats

This image describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical December. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Shipwrecks - Hyatt Beach, located 42 km away (26 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 dominant wind at Shipwrecks - Hyatt Beach blows from the SSE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Shipwrecks - Hyatt Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.6% of the time (0 days each December) and blows offshore just 1.0% of the time (0 days in an average December). In a typical December winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Shipwrecks - Hyatt Beach

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