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

	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Montauk Point - Turtles 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	Coastguards 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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE
Period(s)	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	8
Energy	127	323	86	69	39	26	14	43	59	51	73	126	158	160	96	58	44	44	30	51	27	28
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:09PM 0.70		1:13AM 0.70		2:01PM 0.75	2:11AM 0.68		2:56PM 0.81	3:13AM 0.67		3:56PM 0.88	4:20AM 0.69		4:58PM 0.95		5:29AM 0.71	6:00PM 1.01		6:35AM 0.75	7:01PM 1.07		7:36AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 0.23		7:33AM 0.11		8:14PM 0.21	8:27AM 0.09		9:28PM 0.17	9:24AM 0.07		10:38PM 0.10	10:11AM 0.05		11:40PM 0.03	11:18AM -0.02		12:36AM -0.03	12:14PM -0.06		1:29AM -0.09	1:08PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	21	16	17	16	19	20	17	18	18	18	25	17	17	14	14	14	17	18	19	21
Low °C	20	24	14	14	16	15	16	18	17	17	18	17	22	17	14	14	14	14	15	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	24	21	15	16	15	19	20	15	17	17	17	25	16	16	13	13	13	16	17	19	21
Sunrise	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 ENE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	9	7	7	6	7	7	6	8	9	8	8	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	8	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	-	-	-	9	8	9	9	4	8	5	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 NE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	7	4	-	-	3	3	4	5	5	5	6	3	2	4	5	5	-	2	6	6	-

	Sunday 07							Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	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	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Rockaway Long Island NY	Montauk Point - Turtles 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	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	4	4	5
Energy	68	78	127	57	323	93	83	86	94	87	69	53	39	48	35	26	17	14	14	21	43	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:09PM 1.28				1:13AM 0.70					2:01PM 0.75				2:11AM 0.68				2:56PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44AM 0.12				7:04PM 0.23				7:33AM 0.11					8:14PM 0.21				8:27AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	21	27	24	21	18	14	14	14	16	17	16	15	15	15	16	16	19	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	20	21	27	24	21	17	12	12	12	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	19	20	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SE	0.6 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	5	7	7	7	6	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	8	7	4	6	7	8	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	4	3	6	2	7	3	3	4	5	5	-	-	-	6	6	3	3	3	3	4	4	5

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	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	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Rockaway Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Montauk Point - Turtles Long Island NY	Montauk Point - Turtles Long Island NY	Democrat Point Robert Moses Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period(s)	9	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	55	77	68	78	59	78	79	83	127	132	144	57	91	107	323	304	92	93	84	109	83	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)												1:09PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)					6:44AM 0.12												6:48PM 0.35	7:04PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	21	20	19	20	21	21	21	23	25	27	27	23	24	24	25	21	20	19	18	15
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	20	19	20	21	21	21	23	25	27	27	23	24	24	25	21	20	19	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	8	6	6	6	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	6	8	8	9	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 W	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	6	4	4	4	6	3	3	3	6	6	7	2	-	3	7	7	3	3	3	3	3	3

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