Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal June. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Main Reef (Hikkaduwa), located 22 km away (14 miles). There are too few 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 dominant wind at Main Reef (Hikkaduwa) blows from the SW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Main Reef (Hikkaduwa). Converseley, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 1.3% of the time (0 days each June) and blows offshore just 1.3% of the time (0 days in an average June). Over an average June winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 6 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Main Reef (Hikkaduwa)

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