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San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros Surf Stats

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(any wind direction)

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(light / offshore wind)

The rose diagram describes the combination of swells directed at San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros through an average March and is based upon 3460 NWW3 model predictions since 2007 (values every 3 hours). The wave model does not forecast surf and wind right at the coastline so we have chosen the optimum grid node based on what we know about San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros. In the case of San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros, the best grid node is 20 km away (12 miles). The rose diagram illustrates the distribution of swell directions and swell sizes, while the graph at the bottom shows the same thing but without direction information. Five colours represent increasing wave sizes. Very small swells of less than 0.5m (1.5 feet) high are shown in blue. These were forecast only 18% of the time. Green and yellow show increasing swell sizes and red shows highest swells greater than >3m (>10ft). In both graphs, the area of any colour is proportional to how frequently that size swell was forecast. The diagram suggests that the most common swell direction, shown by the biggest spokes, was NW, whereas the the dominant wind blows from the WSW. Because the wave model grid is away from the coast, sometimes a strong offshore wind blows largest waves away from San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros and out to sea. We group these with the no surf category of the bar chart. To avoid confusion we don't show these in the rose graph. Because wind determines whether or not waves are good for surfing at San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros, you can view an alternative image that shows only the swells that were expected to coincide with glassy or offshore wind conditions. In a typical March, swells large enough to cause clean enough to surf waves at San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros run for about 82% of the time.

Also see San Miguel - Ponta dos Mosteiros wind stats

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