Bunbury Surf Club Backbeach Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3506 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, 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. 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 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 dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 6% of the time (2 days each June) and blows offshore 31% of the time (9 days in an average June). Over an average June winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 5 days at Bunbury Surf Club Backbeach

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