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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	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun		Mon				Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fire Island Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	2.2 WSW	1.8 ESE	0.1 SE	2.0 E	1.7 E	0.6 SSE	1.6 E	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	4	10	-	7	8	13	10	10	7	9	10	6	7
Energy(?)	531	41	40	54	63	83	144	139	91	5	35	0	471	650	14	835	590	79	464	238	173	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:20PM 1.41		5:23AM 1.57	6:19PM 1.50		6:21AM 1.63	7:02PM 1.60			7:10AM 0.84		n/a n/a	7:54AM 0.82		8:40AM 1.69			8:09PM 1.00	8:27AM 0.93	9:48PM 1.73	9:48AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			11:53AM 0.22		12:15AM 0.37	12:45PM 0.16		1:08AM 0.19	1:00AM -0.12		1:42PM -0.10	n/a n/a		2:22PM -0.11		2:50PM 0.12	2:59PM -0.11	2:22AM -0.12		4:01AM 0.20		4:11PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	snow shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	-1	-6	11	14	16	13	1	-2	-12	19	-5	-2	0	19	7	18	19	4	17	11	11	14
Low °C	-2	-8	10	11	14	12	0	-12	-15	19	-5	-3	-1	19	5	17	18	1	17	9	10	12
Chill °C (?)	-6	-12	9	13	15	12	-2	-7	-21	19	-11	-10	0	19	3	18	19	1	16	9	9	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	6:54	6:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20
Sunset	5:57	-	-	-	6:00	-	6:05	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:16	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.8 ESE	0.1 SE	2.0 E	1.7 E	0.6 SSE	1.6 E	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	1.3 S
Period (s)	9	8	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	-	10	-	-	8	13	10	10	7	9	12	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	12	7	6	6	6	6	8	7	9	-	4	-	-	-	13	7	7	12	6	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 ENE	0.4 NNE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.8 N	0.7 NW	0.4 SE	0.3 NW	2.5 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 ESE	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	3	6	-	-	4	4	4	3	7	7	9	6	-	-	4	-	10	6	-

	Friday 27					Saturday 28								Sunday 01								Mon
	11AM	12PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	7	9	12	12	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	246	50	531	655	517	596	523	458	54	147	63	262	89	83	204	210	74	58	48	158	268	139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:20PM 1.41				5:19AM 1.21				n/a n/a				6:21AM 1.63				7:09PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)						11:11PM 0.46				12:11PM -0.03		n/a n/a		12:05AM -0.10				11:58AM -0.09				1:09AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light snow	light snow	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-3	21	-2	-4	-5	-5	-5	-5	11	14	16	-7	13	12	2	0	13	13	16	-2	-2	-7
Chill °C (?)	-8	21	-6	-8	-9	-7	-5	-5	9	13	15	-12	12	11	0	-4	12	12	15	-7	-6	-15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.5 S	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	9	7	9	12	12	10	10	10	6	6	6	-	6	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	6	12	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	9	6	9	8	6	6	6	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.0 ENE	1.1 NE	1.6 NW	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	-	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	4

	Friday 27															Saturday 28
	9AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 ENE	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	9	7	10	9	8	10	9	10	7	6	6	6	6	6	12	11	6	6	5	10	10	10
Energy(?)	252	61	449	246	178	381	373	317	58	63	64	200	49	54	814	733	41	62	61	335	541	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										4:49PM 0.56		n/a n/a										5:30AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			10:51AM 0.29	11:03AM 0.28								n/a n/a				11:11PM 0.46	11:02PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	-5	21	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-4	10	10	11	4	11	11	-4	-4	11	12	12	-4	-6	-4
Chill °C (?)	-10	21	-7	-7	-6	-6	-5	-11	7	7	8	-1	8	8	-8	-7	8	9	9	-4	-10	-4
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	7	10	9	8	10	9	10	7	6	6	-	6	6	12	11	6	6	6	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.7 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	5	13	13	9	13	13	13	8	8	8	-	7	6	-	-	6	8	8	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.8 SSW	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	6	4	4	-	-	5	4	5	-	-	-

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