Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls Wind Stats

This chart illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical April. The biggest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue indicates the strength, with deep blue showing the strongest winds. It is based on 3360 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2007, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls, located 37 km away (23 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 prevailing wind at Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls blows from the WNW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls. Converseley, dominant spokes illustrate favoured directions, and the more the darkest shade of blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average April, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (light blue) about 16% of the time (5 days each April) and blows offshore 38% of the time (11 days in an average April). During a typical April wind stronger than >40kph (25mph) was forecast for only a single days at Hossegor - Les Culs Nuls

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