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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	Wed		Thu				Fri		Sat				Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue		Wed
	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Manitoulin Island Lake Huron	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.7 SE	1.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	1.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	-
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	10	10	9	12	9	11	12	12	7	5	5	10	12	11	-	8	10	9	-
Energy(?)	149	401	183	480	61	42	71	90	293	138	66	162	63	113	68	86	106	0	224	404	268	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49AM 1.77		2:10AM 2.53		2:15PM 2.77	2:55AM 2.60		1:01AM 1.53	4:00AM 2.49		1:43AM 1.55		2:09PM 1.38	2:24AM 1.32	2:32AM 1.11		2:44PM 0.91					5:36PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		5:26PM 0.10	7:53PM 0.06	8:04AM 0.35		8:36PM 0.07	9:32AM 0.30		10:00PM 0.08	9:50AM 0.26		7:49AM 0.28		8:07PM 0.33	7:56PM -0.05	8:49AM 0.14		12:21AM 0.12	10:36AM 0.01	1:09PM -0.04	9:49PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-3	-5	-2	6	21	12	22	-6	23	-1	4	-5	3	22	24	26	6	2	-1	0	7
Low °C	-5	-3	-6	-3	3	18	9	21	-8	18	-1	-1	-7	1	19	20	23	0	1	-2	-2	2
Chill °C (?)	-12	-8	-10	-9	1	21	10	22	-14	23	-6	0	-10	-1	22	24	26	1	-4	-7	-4	6
Sunrise	7:11	-	7:48	-	-	-	7:11	-	7:52	7:11	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	7:52	6:46
Sunset	-	4:07	-	4:22	4:31	-	-	5:32	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:35	-	4:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ENE	1.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	10	10	9	12	9	11	12	12	5	-	-	10	12	11	-	8	10	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	-	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	10	4	8	5	9	8	9	6	9	-	-	15	5	8	-	8	9	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 N	-	0.3 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	-	1.1 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 SE	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	3	4	3	-	6	-	3	-	4	7	5	5	-	-	-	4	4	3	3	2

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.6 NNE	0.5 E	1.0 NE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	7	11	7	9	10
Energy(?)	74	54	401	341	273	240	270	209	220	151	304	521	287	399	79	87	163	424	104	125	77	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:49AM 1.77	1:30PM 2.81				2:29AM 2.35							11:45PM 1.38								1:01AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)					7:53PM 0.06			5:23AM 0.48	8:41AM 0.33			5:19PM 0.24				5:39AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	23	-3	-3	-4	-4	-2	-6	0	1	-5	-3	-5	-2	19	18	19	-7	12	-6	21	-8
Chill °C (?)	19	23	-8	-7	-6	-9	-7	-9	-5	-3	-8	-9	-12	-8	19	18	19	-12	11	-6	21	-16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	0.5 E	1.0 NE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	7	9	10	7	11	7	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SE	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	10	-	4	9	12	9	11	9	7	9	10	5	10	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 NW	0.6 NNE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	0.6 E	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	2	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	3

	Wednesday 24																Thursday 25
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	2.3 NE	1.6 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	7	7	7	8	7	6	8	8	6	8	6	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	9	8
Energy(?)	74	74	149	216	269	368	552	180	669	412	75	12	80	10	99	99	114	310	41	270	133	189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							1:48PM 2.63									10:48PM 0.87				2:28AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)																						5:23AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	-5	-5	-4	-4	-2	-4	-2	-4	-5	-5	-5	-4	21	21	21	-2	10	-2	20	-6
Chill °C (?)	18	19	-14	-14	-12	-12	-8	-11	-7	-9	-12	-13	-12	-12	21	21	21	-6	8	-7	20	-11
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	4:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	-	0.1 SE	2.3 ENE	1.8 E	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 ENE	0.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	9	9	7	7	7	8	-	11	8	8	6	8	6	9	9	9	9	8	10	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	7	10	-	-	-	-	5	-	17	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	2.3 NE	1.6 ENE	0.9 N	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	4	7	6	5	-	4	5	4	5	-	-	5	-	6	2	5	-

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