South Moana Reefs Wind Stats

This image illustrates how commonly 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 indicates the strength, with deep blue strongest. It is based on 3266 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to South Moana Reefs, located 53 km away (33 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 prevailing wind at South Moana Reefs blows from the WSW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at South Moana Reefs. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of 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 (pale blue) about 2% of the time (1 days each June) and blows offshore just 4% of the time (0 days in an average June). During a typical June wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at South Moana Reefs

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