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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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Indian Wells Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Coastguards Long Island NY	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	The Wall New Hampshire	North Bar Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.6 SE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	2.2 E	1.2 SW	1.6 S	1.8 S	0.9 SE	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	2.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	7	5	9	6	8	9	8	9	9	10	-	-	9	8	8	6	7	8	8
Energy(?)	113	49	159	350	46	1023	237	362	528	166	400	234	153	0	0	589	154	50	432	459	164	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 1.67	7:18PM 0.87	8:04AM 1.75		8:34PM 1.72	11:23AM 0.14		8:56PM 0.79	9:14AM 0.73		8:55PM 1.07	9:06AM 0.86		9:45PM 0.85	9:49AM 1.30		10:17PM 0.80	11:45AM 0.68		11:38PM 1.55	12:12PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40PM 0.11		1:00AM -0.12		2:21PM 0.10	2:40AM 0.19	4:38AM 0.10	2:59PM -0.11	3:23AM -0.09		2:33PM -0.11	3:11AM -0.08		3:24PM -0.05	3:34AM -0.01		3:26PM -0.01		5:53AM 0.06	5:48PM 0.04		6:04AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light snow	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	-13	10	15	15	4	17	2	2	3	5	18	17	1	2	6	0	3	18	10	10	7	10
Low °C	-15	8	12	11	4	17	2	2	-1	5	17	17	1	2	2	0	2	18	8	9	6	6
Chill °C (?)	-22	7	14	15	0	15	-2	-3	-1	5	18	17	-5	-2	3	-2	-1	18	8	7	5	9
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	6:02	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	0.7 SE	1.3 NNE	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	0.9 SE	1.5 E	1.2 E	0.8 ESE	-	0.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	1.2 S	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	9	7	7	5	8	6	8	9	8	9	9	10	-	6	9	8	8	6	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	0.7 SE	1.0 E	0.4 SE	0.6 N	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 N	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.3 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	-	8	7	8	8	11	12	-	12	6	11	6	-	-	-	6	10	9	10	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.1 NE	-	-	-	2.2 E	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.4 SE	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	1.5 S	2.1 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	6	-	-	-	6	7	-	-

	Monday 02							Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 ENE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	8	10	5	9	8	8	5	9	9	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	130	123	45	95	51	53	21	132	73	207	350	237	252	192	254	216	306	298	792	735	362	388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:19AM 1.74				7:53PM 1.67					7:07AM 1.04				7:59PM 0.90				9:16AM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)				1:40PM 0.11					1:51AM -0.13				1:21PM -0.14				1:18AM -0.08				2:59PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-13	-15	-8	-9	-9	-10	19	9	11	9	11	12	17	11	6	5	5	4	18	19	2	3
Chill °C (?)	-22	-24	-14	-17	-16	-16	19	6	9	7	9	12	17	9	3	2	2	1	18	19	-1	0
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 NE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	8	10	7	9	8	8	5	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	0.8 NE	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NNW	0.7 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	7	8	-	-	7	7	7	8	7	14	8	7	13	13	7	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	-	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	5	3	3	3	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	10	10	4	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	144	130	21	130	123	123	2	42	43	43	178	198	206	146	27	46	55	36	247	292	43	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:19AM 1.74													8:10PM 0.82
Low Tide / height (m)							6:11AM 0.01					12:54PM -0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-12	-13	-6	-14	-15	-15	18	10	10	10	12	7	12	1	-6	-4	-4	-5	17	17	-7	-7
Chill °C (?)	-21	-22	-14	-23	-24	-24	18	7	7	7	9	3	9	-4	-8	-7	-6	-9	15	15	-13	-12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 ESE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	7	8	10	10	4	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	7	6	7	8	9	9	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 W	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	6	6	6	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.9 NE	2.0 NE	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	4	3	4	3	3	3	-	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	3	3

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