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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: District-of-Columbia Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, District-of-Columbia Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, District-of-Columbia Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, District-of-Columbia Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: District-of-Columbia Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: District-of-Columbia Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, District-of-Columbia Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, District-of-Columbia Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, District-of-Columbia Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Rockaway Long Island NY	Point o Woods Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sandbanks Provincial Park Lake Ontario	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fortress Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	2.5 E	0.2 ENE	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	7	8	10	7	7	11	11	11	18	11	7	6	7	16	9	8	11	11
Energy(?)	154	312	145	72	72	792	169	4	1	1092	1132	2065	34	876	696	359	314	164	1256	808	1492	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 1.66		10:30PM 1.76	n/a n/a		10:01PM 1.37	10:50AM 0.67		11:05PM 1.12	12:10PM 0.57		12:24AM 0.96	12:49PM 0.57		2:05AM 0.80	4:38AM 2.89	2:05PM 0.77	3:56AM 0.80		4:02PM 1.36	4:15AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		4:15PM 0.15	4:44AM 0.18	n/a n/a	4:02PM -0.09		4:42AM -0.04	5:35PM -0.09		6:37AM -0.00	5:29PM -0.02		6:57AM 0.04	6:15PM -0.01	7:27PM -0.05	11:14AM 0.07		9:13PM -0.01	10:33AM 0.05		9:59PM 0.52	4:59AM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	18	3	3	-1	17	-2	14	8	1	0	-2	2	0	2	0	1	18	5	4	3	-2
Low °C	10	18	2	2	-2	15	-3	12	2	-1	0	-5	0	0	1	-3	1	15	5	4	-3	-5
Chill °C (?)	8	17	0	0	-5	16	-9	12	4	-6	-7	-10	-1	-6	-2	-4	-3	17	0	-1	-2	-8
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	5:53	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.3 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	2.1 ESE	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.5 NNE	1.7 S	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.1 E	2.5 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	7	11	6	6	7	8	10	7	7	11	11	11	10	11	-	-	-	16	-	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	1.0 NNW	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.0 E	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	7	6	6	10	7	-	-	8	10	14	18	10	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	1.9 SSW	-	0.3 NW	0.2 N	-	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	1.4 N	1.1 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	0.6 W	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.8 W	-
Period (s)	5	6	-	3	3	-	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	7	6	7	4	9	8	4	-

	Friday 20							Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Democrat Point Robert Moses Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 SW	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	6	7	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	6	7	11	10	9	9	9	7
Energy(?)	209	92	87	208	152	206	201	352	76	68	72	209	75	45	40	76	64	831	692	143	104	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			10:06AM 1.69	n/a n/a			9:44PM 0.87	10:14PM 0.80				10:06AM 0.92								11:30AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	3:52AM 0.18			n/a n/a	3:24PM -0.12				3:54AM -0.05	4:44AM -0.08			3:52PM -0.11					6:02AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-5	-5	-2	2	11	4	3	20	7	16	2	5	4	6	15	-3	21	16	16	-1	-2	12
Chill °C (?)	-10	-9	-4	-2	8	0	0	20	4	16	-1	2	3	4	14	-8	21	16	16	-7	-8	9
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.1 E	0.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	-	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	7	11	10	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.6 S	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	6	6	7	10	7	8	6	6	7	6	11	7	10	8	8	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.4 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.5 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 NW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.7 N
Period (s)	2	-	-	6	3	6	6	7	3	-	3	6	6	3	4	3	-	-	-	4	4	4

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Democrat Point Robert Moses Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 SSW	1.2 E	1.6 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SSW	0.2 S	0.5 ENE	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	-	6	5	5	6	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	8	12	8	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	255	120	115	0	168	94	69	171	154	201	81	102	99	115	312	8	106	679	674	97	95	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				n/a n/a					9:02AM 1.10												10:21PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		4:00AM 0.19		n/a n/a										2:56PM -0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-4	-4	-4	2	8	3	3	16	10	16	3	3	3	3	18	1	24	19	19	-5	-6	22
Chill °C (?)	-9	-9	-8	-3	6	-2	-2	14	8	14	-3	-3	-4	-3	17	-3	24	18	18	-9	-12	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.5 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	10	7	7	12	7	12	7	7	7	7	11	8	12	11	11	8	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	6	-	10	8	10	8	10	-	-	10	8	10	8	10	10	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.5 SSW	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	2.0 W	2.0 W	-	-	1.0 S
Period (s)	3	-	-	5	6	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	2	4	8	8	-	-	7

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