North Coast Surfside Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. 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 2880 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to North Coast Surfside, located 35 km away (22 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 prevailing wind at North Coast Surfside blows from the ENE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at North Coast Surfside. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (pale blue) about 0.7% of the time (0 days each April) and blows offshore just 79% of the time (24 days in an average April). In a typical April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 9 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at North Coast Surfside

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