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

	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	North Bar Long Island NY	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	2	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 E	2.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	2.1 NW	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 S	1.6 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	7	8	8	9	7	6	7	7	9	9	6	6	7	7	9	9	6	7	7
Energy(?)	193	231	113	220	614	320	225	415	173	367	319	182	85	68	86	387	45	69	107	275	18	263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 1.68		8:54PM 1.16	8:57AM 1.28		10:51PM 0.84	11:08AM 0.73		11:34PM 1.20	10:23AM 1.09		10:48PM 1.23	11:09AM 1.01		11:42PM 1.30				4:28AM 2.55	1:01PM 0.76	1:09AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		2:24PM -0.11	3:11AM -0.06		4:35PM -0.04		5:11AM -0.00	3:57PM 0.02		4:07AM 0.07	4:07PM 0.12		4:49AM 0.16	4:59PM 0.22		10:22AM 0.31	5:29PM 0.29	10:28PM 0.55	10:57AM 0.47			3:50AM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	1	-1	-1	1	5	1	14	12	12	7	5	17	19	12	18	18	17	10	18	20
Low °C	18	12	0	-1	-1	1	3	1	8	11	11	3	2	16	15	7	18	17	17	9	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	13	-5	-7	-7	-1	1	-5	13	10	11	5	2	17	19	10	18	18	17	6	18	20
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	2.2 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	-	9	9	7	7	9	6	8	7	8	9	9	10	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SE	0.2 N	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	-	11	11	-	-	6	-	-	10	9	9	6	9	9	8	7	7	7	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	-	-	-	2.1 NW	1.2 S	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.7 S	1.6 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	0.7 SE	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	4	5	7	-	-	-	7	6	7	-	-	2	-	6	7	-	-	-	6	7	7

	Thursday 05							Friday 06								Saturday 07
	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Coastguards Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Coastguards Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	North Bar Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 NNW	0.4 SE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	12	9	8	9	9	9	9	7	11	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	6
Energy(?)	212	131	159	140	210	208	208	113	265	80	220	250	240	283	260	566	286	484	268	164	143	42
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:27AM 1.13				10:13PM 0.86				8:57AM 1.28				9:34PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	3:21AM 0.18				4:00PM -0.07				3:58AM 0.47				3:02PM -0.06				3:28AM -0.01		7:40AM 0.01		3:24PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	4	10	3	18	18	18	15	-14	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	1	1	2	12	7	21
Chill °C (?)	-1	4	10	0	18	18	18	15	-21	-6	-7	-7	-7	-6	-6	0	-2	-3	-2	10	4	21
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 N	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.3 S	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	9	8	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	-	8	11	11	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.3 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	5	7	6	7	7	7	7	9	-	-	-	-	5	4	-

	Thursday 05
	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Coastguards Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Coastguards Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	North Bar Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.9 SE	2.2 N	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	8	6	6	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	10	7	6	10	9	5
Energy(?)	253	145	158	173	16	16	16	162	789	138	140	140	134	94	94	293	205	388	233	182	175	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:27AM 1.13												8:54PM 1.16	9:12PM 0.89	9:39PM 0.10
Low Tide / height (m)		2:21AM -0.10												2:44PM -0.14				6:58PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	3	8	5	18	18	18	9	-13	3	3	3	2	2	2	-3	1	-3	-1	15	2	21
Chill °C (?)	-2	1	7	5	18	18	18	8	-24	1	0	0	-2	-2	-3	-10	-4	-10	-7	15	-4	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	10	12	12	10	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 S	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	10	7	-	5	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 N	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.8 ENE	0.9 E	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.8 S	1.2 ENE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	2	2	3	2	3	6	4	7	6	5	5	5

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