The Point (Elands Bay) Wind Stats

This image shows how commonly and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical August. The largest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with dark blue strongest. It is based on 3472 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to The Point (Elands Bay), located 37 km away (23 miles). There are insufficient 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 The Point (Elands Bay) blows from the SW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at The Point (Elands Bay). Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more deep 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 (the lightest shade of blue) about 14% of the time (4 days each August) and blows offshore 54% of the time (17 days in an average August). In a typical August wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was predicted for only a single days at The Point (Elands Bay)

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