Hossegor - La Graviere Wind Stats

The graph illustrates how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical June. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3505 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hossegor - La Graviere, located 36 km away (22 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 most common wind at Hossegor - La Graviere blows from the WNW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hossegor - La Graviere. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more deep blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average June, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 17% of the time (5 days each June) and blows offshore 30% of the time (8 days in an average June). In a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at Hossegor - La Graviere

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