District-of-Columbia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

District-of-Columbia wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the District-of-Columbia region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Mon				Tue		Wed				Thursday 04			Fri		Saturday 06			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lido Beach Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.8 S	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	7	6	6	8	7	8	7	7	4	7	7	3	4	4	8	4	7	5	7
Energy(?)	49	69	251	246	79	17	196	118	80	148	105	2	38	33	2	2	54	90	62	244	41	129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:06AM 1.13	3:25AM 1.17	3:33PM 1.38			4:52PM 0.78			4:56PM 1.34			8:47AM 0.30		6:46AM 0.68	7:18PM 0.91		6:53AM 1.39	10:23AM 0.28		7:58AM 0.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 0.78	9:08AM 0.67		10:21PM 0.53	10:10AM 0.18		11:46PM 0.24			11:20PM -0.00			1:15AM 0.15	12:59PM 0.06		12:52AM 0.01	12:48PM -0.33		6:46PM 0.02	1:48PM -0.01	2:45PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	3	2	-
High °C	24	21	21	24	21	28	20	16	21	22	19	28	27	25	28	30	25	24	27	20	24	22
Low °C	24	18	17	24	18	25	20	15	15	21	14	27	27	25	28	29	24	21	26	18	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	21	21	24	21	28	20	16	21	22	19	28	27	25	28	30	25	24	27	20	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	6:11	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	7:35	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	-	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	7	8	6	8	-	8	7	8	7	7	4	7	7	-	4	8	8	7	7	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	12	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	7	-	-	6	-	9	6	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	-	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.0 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 S	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.5 NE	1.1 S
Period (s)	5	-	8	7	6	6	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	4	3	4	4	-	4	7	3	7

	Sunday 31				Monday 01									Tuesday 02								Wed
	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lido Beach Long Island NY	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	1.3 ENE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	5	8	8	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8
Energy(?)	45	51	103	85	69	212	69	86	28	111	111	16	13	213	195	157	368	211	17	13	207	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							2:55AM 0.53				2:54PM 1.22				4:00AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)					9:15PM 0.53							5:08PM -0.04					9:32AM 0.39			5:47PM -0.05	10:55PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	22	21	18	20	21	20	26	26	27	29	28	21	20	20	20	26	27	27	18	16
Chill °C (?)	17	20	22	21	18	20	21	20	26	26	27	29	28	21	20	20	20	26	27	27	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	10	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	5	5	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	4	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.5 W	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	1.4 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	5	-	7	6	5	5	8	8	-	-	4	4	4	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 31															Monday 01
	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lido Beach Long Island NY	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.8 SE	1.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 SE	1.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	4	7	7	4	4	7	6	6	7	7	4	4	7	7
Energy(?)	29	60	128	128	178	34	34	52	8	58	251	5	5	48	206	205	35	387	10	11	34	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:50PM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)														9:43PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	20	20	21	24	24	24	27	26	25	28	29	21	21	21	20	19	28	27	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	19	20	20	21	24	24	24	27	26	25	28	29	21	21	21	20	19	28	27	18	17
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 E	-	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	6	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	-	7	7	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	7	8	7	7	7	7	12	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	1.1 ENE	1.5 E	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	6	7	-	-	6	6	6	-	7	4	4	3	-

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