Soup Bowl Surf and Wind Quality by Season (East Coast, Barbados)

The charts below show frequency of occurrence of a certain swell or wind in Soup Bowl, broken down by both direction and strength (wave height).

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Seasonal Soup Bowl Swell and Wind Distribution

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The rose diagram illustrates the variation of swells directed at Soup Bowl through a ty... (show all text)

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This chart shows the range of swells directed at Soup Bowl through a typical northern h... (show all text)

You can also compare this with Soup Bowl swell conditioned on favourable winds.

Also see overall Soup Bowl surf quality charts (on the guide page) and Soup Bowl surf quality by month.