Looking at that if you want to windsurf in NSW you have to move to North West Lake Macquarie, although from memory it's quite hilly in that area so not so good for speed runs. Are you lake boys hiding something from us?

Jethrow

My money would have been on Cape Leeuwin. Who would have thought NSW would figure in this list?

Still, the mean wind is not really the thing is it, we want wind during daylight hours.

The data is from here

maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=f&sc=wind

So the site says this is the mean windspeed at 3pm.

This site also has the calmest places in Australia.

1 Tawonga, VIC 3.9 km/h
2 Mount Beauty, VIC 3.9 km/h
3 Harden - Murrumburrah, NSW 4.4 km/h
4 Binalong, NSW 4.4 km/h
5 Timber Creek, NT 4.9 km/h
6 Eugowra, NSW 5.7 km/h
7 Canowindra, NSW 5.7 km/h
8 Corryong, VIC 6.5 km/h
9 Myrtleford, VIC 6.5 km/h
10 Toogoolawah, QLD

Not sure where most of these places are but they all must suck if you are a windsurfer. Who knows if the information is reliable or not. I don't.

It came from here J, answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080608175118AAzcBHj

Was just surfing looking for windiest locations worldwide, not sure how scientific it is, but the first 2 spots are certainly in a windy location.

AUS1111 said...

According to that, Dunsborough is the windiest place in WA.

Dunsborough? Huh?

Sorry - I'm not buying it.

My source says Cape Leeuwin mean windspeed is 17 knots between 7am and 7pm all year.

In SA they have got Sellicks beach as the calmest spot,if you have ever looked at the wind graphs that palce is 20knots windier than anywhere else.
I think the site is bull****e.

I guess there is a difference between average wind speeds all day every day and night and 'significant' day time average wind speeds during certain seasons.
I saw some BOM chards once that show amazing average winter daytime average wind speeds in the Torres Straight and Willis Island, Qld. I was just about to organise and plan a winter sailing holiday when......I remembered..... CROCS!!!

never seen Rathmines more than 10 knots in 40 years!

Well as someone who works at the BoM and in the National Climate Centre ...

Sandy Point has no observations, even though, curiously, it was listed as a met station from 1/1/1986 to 31/12/1986. I suspect that just means that there was some thinking about making it a station; alas no more.

And if you go to www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_091245.shtml you'll see that Cape Grim in Tassie has an annual average wind speed of 33.1 kmh at 9am and 36.0 kmh at 3pm... both above the bonzle #1 spot of 32.6kmh. And i just picked Cape Grim off the top of my head of windy places... could well be more and windier.

Busted.