San Pedro South Reef Pass Wind Stats

This picture describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions over a normal November. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with dark blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3347 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to San Pedro South Reef Pass, located 50 km away (31 miles). There are too few 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 prevailing wind at San Pedro South Reef Pass blows from the ENE. If the rose graph shows a fairly circular pattern, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at San Pedro South Reef Pass. On the other hand, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. During a typical November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 5% of the time (2 days each November) and blows offshore 18% of the time (5 days in an average November). Over an average November wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at San Pedro South Reef Pass

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