Battery Beach Wind Statistics, January averages since 2006

The figure illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal January. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 2620 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Battery Beach, located 20 km away (12 miles). There are not enough 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 dominant wind at Battery Beach blows from the SE. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Battery Beach. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical January, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 13% of the time (4 days each January) and blows offshore 16% of the time (5 days in an average January). Over an average January winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 2 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Battery Beach

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.