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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District-of-Columbia Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 08			Sat				Sun		Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	1	2	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 W	1.1 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	7	9	9	9	5	6	5	6	6	6	8	7	8	8	8	7	10	5	7	7	7	6
Energy	45	382	233	276	136	119	8	57	32	42	698	423	95	508	362	239	461	122	163	192	131	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:49PM 1.29	1:53AM 1.40		2:21PM 1.21		5:38AM 2.58	3:41PM 1.35		3:54AM 1.37	3:49PM 1.01		5:23AM 1.18	5:13PM 1.01		6:00AM 1.25	5:21PM 1.20		6:00AM 0.74	6:26PM 0.99	9:59PM 2.93	10:34AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)			7:45PM 0.65	8:32AM 0.44		12:48AM 0.42	12:01PM 0.37		9:52PM 0.60	10:17AM 0.41		10:27PM 0.50	11:21AM 0.74		11:20PM 0.54			11:58PM 0.05	11:51AM -0.03		4:39AM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	22	5	4	-	13	3	-	-	7	3	3	1	-
High °C	11	13	6	10	17	11	23	21	26	11	10	10	13	7	7	18	15	22	13	13	12	13
Low °C	8	12	5	8	17	10	23	20	26	9	10	8	9	7	5	18	15	21	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	5	10	16	9	23	21	26	8	7	10	12	3	3	18	13	22	10	11	10	11
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	8:07	-	8:29	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:35	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 W	1.1 SSE	0.2 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	5	6	6	6	11	7	8	8	8	7	9	10	7	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.3 N	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.3 N	0.5 NE	1.1 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	4	-	11	11	-	9	8	7	15	10	7	7	4	12	10	8	10	7	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 N	2.4 SSE	1.1 S	0.4 NNW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NNE	0.5 SW	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	2	8	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	3	8	8	3	-	2	4	3	5	-	-	3	3

	Friday 08								Saturday 09									Sunday 10
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	0.5 E	0.8 SE	1.6 SW	0.9 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period(s)	7	7	8	10	9	10	10	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	260	265	203	319	325	59	138	610	226	373	331	276	271	237	216	186	124	99	228	243	291	118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							4:40PM 2.36			1:53AM 1.40	3:14AM 1.01			1:15PM 1.14				1:53AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)				7:40AM 0.42		11:40AM 0.23		7:40PM 0.65				7:47AM 0.99				8:45PM 0.40						12:38PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	6	10	9	12	14	9	6	5	5	8	10	10	11	9	18	18	12	11	17	19
Chill °C (?)	8	6	4	8	8	10	13	7	3	2	3	7	10	10	11	8	18	18	11	10	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	0.5 E	0.8 SE	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	8	10	9	10	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 N	0.1 S	1.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	7	3	9	9	7	8	4	-	4	-	-	-	11	11	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	7	3	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	6	-

	Thu		Friday 08
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	10	10	7	7	7	7	10	10
Energy	247	260	162	178	260	22	43	268	203	202	97	110	136	136	156	156	28	28	131	122	145	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																12:24PM 1.21	12:57PM 0.86					5:04PM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	8	9	8	8	10	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	15	16	12	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	8	6	7	6	6	7	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	15	15	9	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	7	7	3	3

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