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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Mon
	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	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Fortress Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	1.1 SE	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S
Period(s)	9	6	7	2	3	4	4	5	7	5	6	7	10	8	9	9	6	7	6	7	4	6
Energy	151	3	4	1	5	10	7	55	183	32	239	695	51	101	660	428	210	144	78	405	55	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:41AM 1.56			11:05AM 0.33	2:47PM 2.30		11:50AM 0.32			12:41PM 0.30				1:35PM 0.28	2:39AM 0.01		2:31PM 1.08	3:47AM 0.04		3:12PM 6:32PM 0.20 0.18		8:10AM 0.14
Low Tide / height (m)			12:07AM -0.03			12:55AM -0.03			1:40AM -0.02			2:26AM -0.01			1:47AM 3:14AM 0.01 0.01			2:05AM 0.04	4:01AM 0.04	6:00PM 0.18	12:16AM 0.07	11:44AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	16	1	-	-	-	9	1	-	-	1	7
High °C	16	21	21	21	22	22	23	27	13	25	9	9	11	13	7	12	11	12	12	10	16	13
Low °C	10	21	20	21	22	22	23	26	12	24	9	8	8	13	7	9	11	9	9	8	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	21	21	21	22	22	23	27	10	25	5	6	8	11	4	10	8	10	11	10	15	10
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:28	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.3 ESE	1.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.3 E	0.3 SE
Period (s)	9	6	7	-	6	6	-	9	9	-	8	7	10	8	9	9	9	7	6	7	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	11	12	6	9	-	-	11	9	9	8	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	1.1 SE	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	2.0 S	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SW	1.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	1.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S
Period (s)	3	-	-	2	3	4	4	5	7	5	6	7	4	3	3	2	6	3	2	7	4	6

	Monday 04							Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	8	6	6	6	9	7	7	7	7	7	2	3	3	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4
Energy	57	3	4	3	64	4	6	4	5	2	1	3	5	6	6	10	103	8	7	11	17	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:25AM 0.33	2:08PM 2.37							11:05AM 0.33								11:50AM 0.32
Low Tide / height (m)								12:07AM -0.03								12:55AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	20	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24
Chill °C (?)	20	18	20	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 S	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	9	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	4	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	9	-	9	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4

	Monday 04
	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period(s)	8	6	6	6	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	57	3	4	3	248	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	73	4	4	5	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:25AM 0.33
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	18	18	9	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	18	6	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

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