Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef) Wind Stats

The rose diagram illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef), located 32 km away (20 miles). There are too few recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef) blows from the NNE. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef). By contrast, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 0.3% of the time (0 days each August) and blows offshore just 0.5% of the time (0 days in an average August). Over an average August winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 0 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Coco Nuts (Arena Blanca Reef)

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