Tauranga Bay Wind Stats

This image shows how often 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 indicates the strength, with the darkest shade of blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3448 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Tauranga Bay, located 45 km away (28 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 most common wind at Tauranga Bay 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 Tauranga Bay. By contrast, 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 December, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 18% of the time (5 days each December) and blows offshore 25% of the time (7 days in an average December). In a typical December winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 2 days at Tauranga Bay

read more