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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: District-of-Columbia Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, District-of-Columbia Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, District-of-Columbia Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, District-of-Columbia Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: District-of-Columbia Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: District-of-Columbia Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, District-of-Columbia Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, District-of-Columbia Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, District-of-Columbia Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Hitherhills Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Long Beach Long Island NY	Grand Blvd Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period(s)	7	10	9	8	8	8	8	5	6	7	7	4	6	7	7	6	7	8	9	9	8	8
Energy	10	37	55	45	40	101	83	112	258	131	298	124	187	69	118	69	50	92	84	96	106	73
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 0.65		11:19PM 0.99	11:38AM 0.66		11:37PM 0.75	12:22PM 0.67		12:22AM 0.72	1:09PM 0.70		1:13AM 0.70	1:57PM 1.35		1:57AM 1.21		2:56PM 0.81	3:13AM 0.67		3:56PM 0.88	4:01AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)		4:24PM 0.18	4:57AM 0.11	5:17AM 0.10	5:11PM 0.20		5:58AM 0.11	6:03PM 0.23		6:44AM 0.12	6:49PM 0.19		7:39AM 0.17		8:03PM 0.33	8:27AM 0.09		9:28PM 0.17	9:24AM 0.07		10:14PM 0.17	10:11AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	22	25	24	22	20	20	21	27	23	16	20	18	18	18	18	22	24	21	23
Low °C	20	19	17	19	25	20	21	20	18	17	24	13	15	20	15	14	18	17	19	22	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	22	25	24	22	20	20	21	27	23	15	20	18	18	18	17	22	24	21	23
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	7	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	8	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	4	4	11	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	6	7	7	8	8	6	6	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 E	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	-	7	4	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	7	8	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	8	5	5	6
Energy	11	11	10	17	37	41	55	55	82	50	45	52	40	72	88	101	99	94	83	103	112	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:58AM 0.65				10:57PM 0.78	11:19PM 0.99				11:38AM 0.66				11:37PM 0.75				12:22PM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)	4:38AM 0.09				4:24PM 0.18					5:17AM 0.10				5:11PM 0.20				5:58AM 0.11				6:03PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	20	19	22	25	25	23	21	20	21	21	22	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	18	17	18	17	20	19	22	25	25	23	21	20	21	21	22	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	10	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	11	8	10	7	4	4	4	4	6	11	8	7	6	10	10	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6

	Thursday 04																					Fri
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	16	17	20	33	37	37	39	41	41	55	55	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									10:58AM 0.65												10:57PM 0.78
Low Tide / height (m)			4:38AM 0.09												4:24PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	7	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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