Terrigal Haven Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical September. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Terrigal Haven, located 7 km away (4 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the most common wind at Terrigal Haven blows from the SE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Terrigal Haven. By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average September, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 11% of the time (3 days each September) and blows offshore 40% of the time (7 days in an average September). During a typical September wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Terrigal Haven

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