This picture illustrates how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue implies the strength, with the strongest winds shown by deep blue. It is based on 1735 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to La Garde Guerin, located 41 km away (25 miles). There are not enough recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Without question some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3.

According to the model, the most common wind at La Garde Guerin blows from the WNW. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at La Garde Guerin. On the other hand, dominant spokes represent favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average August, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each August) and blows offshore 15% of the time (1 days in an average August). In a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was expected for only a single days at La Garde Guerin

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.