Hush Hush Beach Wind Stats

This chart describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by dark blue. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hush Hush Beach, located 23 km away (14 miles). There are too few 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 Hush Hush Beach blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hush Hush Beach. On the other hand, 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 November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 8% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 21% of the time (6 days in an average November). During a typical November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Hush Hush Beach

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