Excerpt from Table of Depths for Channels and Harbors, Coasts of the United States Including Porto Rico, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Philippine Islands, 1913
During the dry season, say from the middle of spring to the middle of autumn, the wind blows invariably from a northerly direction and follows usually the trend of the coast; in the rainy season it is variable. Consequently any bight with a southerly exposure affords more or less protection from the summer winds, and such localities afford the only sea approaches to long stretches of coast. Vessels can seldom lie at the wharves on account of the swell, but are secured to moorings and loaded by means of chutes, cranes, and other devices. Such open ports are termed in the table northwest shelters.
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