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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wed		Thursday 05			Fri				Sat		Sun				Mon		Tuesday 10			Wed
	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Jones Beach Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 NNW	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SSW	0.8 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 NW	0.6 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	9	8	6	9	6	6	9	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	6	5	6	9	9
Energy(?)	158	455	480	197	104	94	137	134	209	576	173	375	367	275	151	89	85	98	72	54	97	137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:53AM 1.05		8:14PM 1.18	8:47AM 0.77		10:08AM 1.61		10:24PM 1.69	10:47AM 1.52			11:18AM 1.43	10:28AM 0.80	12:10AM 0.77	12:26PM 0.64		12:08AM 1.43	12:51PM 1.26		2:02AM 0.94	12:31AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	1:47AM -0.12		2:07PM -0.19	2:30AM -0.10		2:15PM -0.08		4:11PM 0.25	4:41AM 0.24		4:47PM 0.34	3:57PM 0.02	5:09AM 0.30	4:39AM 0.10		6:37AM 0.12	5:56PM 0.53		6:37AM 0.45	7:14PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	11	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	4	2	18	-7	-11	18	0	0	0	8	8	9	6	1	11	13	17	8	18	18	17
Low °C	1	4	0	18	-8	-13	17	0	0	-1	4	4	8	4	-5	10	12	16	6	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	-3	0	-2	18	-14	-19	18	-5	-5	-2	6	4	6	3	-5	10	13	17	4	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	6:43	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	6:39	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.9 S	0.3 N	0.9 E	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	2.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SSW	0.8 SE	0.5 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 NW	0.6 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	7	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	9	9	7	9	9	6	9	8	6	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.3 SE	0.5 S	-	0.5 ESE	-	1.1 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 N	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	12	9	12	8	9	11	6	-	10	-	7	9	8	9	9	11	18	9	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NNW	-	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	0.4 S	1.1 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	3	6	-	6	6	-	6	5	-	3	2	6	-	6	5	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 SE	1.2 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.2 NNW	0.7 N	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6
Energy(?)	148	293	203	215	234	216	455	413	357	257	212	201	204	201	219	211	77	84	73	214	67	143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 1.18				8:14AM 0.82				9:12PM 1.74				9:20AM 1.65				9:40PM 1.71				10:05AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)			1:41AM -0.16				2:59PM 0.12				3:21AM 0.18				4:00PM -0.07				3:53AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	16	3	10	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	9	-8	21	18	18	-14	-14	-13	-11	-8	0
Chill °C (?)	5	16	0	8	0	2	0	-2	-3	-3	-3	9	-16	21	18	18	-22	-21	-20	-17	-12	-4
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 SE	1.2 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 N	0.7 N	1.0 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	13	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	10	10	9	7	7	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 W	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 NNE	0.3 SW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	4	3	3	7	-	-

	Tuesday 03				Wednesday 04
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.3 SE	1.7 S	1.3 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	8	7	7	10	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	139	289	86	165	158	170	63	102	130	176	269	215	307	227	778	712	615	637	653	24	25	123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 1.18												8:40AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)							2:40AM 0.19												2:50PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	14	1	8	2	3	2	3	3	2	1	10	1	15	18	18	3	3	4	1	1	3
Chill °C (?)	4	13	-1	6	-1	-2	-2	0	0	-2	-4	8	-4	14	17	17	-1	-1	0	-5	-5	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	5:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.3 SE	1.7 S	1.3 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	7	7	10	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.9 NE	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	7	8	13	9	9	7	10	10	10	13	13	13	6	8	8	13	-	-	5	5	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-

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