Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls Wind Stats

This picture illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The largest 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 dark blue. It is based on 3505 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls, located 37 km away (23 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. No doubt 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 - Les Culs Nuls blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls. By contrast, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical 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). Over an average June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls

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