Mokuleia Beach Park Wind Stats

The rose diagram describes how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal April. The largest 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 dark blue. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Mokuleia Beach Park, located 34 km away (21 miles). There are insufficient 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 Mokuleia Beach Park blows from the NW. If the rose plot shows a nearly round shape, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Mokuleia Beach Park. Converseley, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 10% of the time (3 days each April) and blows offshore 13% of the time (4 days in an average April). Over an average April winds exceeding >40kph (25mph) are not expected, but 4 have winds on the range 30-40 (19-25) at Mokuleia Beach Park

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