After, Spaulding et al. (1993) the simulation results also showed that much more horizontal spreading took place during the holding conditions in February as was typically noticed. The spill moved northwest due to the southeast wind front which caused the spill to impact the Saudi coast from latitude 28 40′–27 20′ from the period of February 11 to March 18, 1991. Al-Rabeh et al. (1992)
reported that the oil spill impacted the Saudi shoreline from
latitude 28 44′ to 27.