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

	Sun		Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10
	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	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	Assateague Maryland	Topsail Island Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	1.0 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.8 WNW	1.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE
Period(s)	7	6	9	6	7	7	6	4	5	7	6	7	8	7	7	10	10	5	6	7	7	7
Energy	8	3	323	3	5	12	3	6	62	194	103	217	277	63	112	815	376	59	76	175	222	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 1.09	9:53AM 0.95		2:03AM 2.65		11:05AM 0.33			11:50AM 0.32		11:42AM 1.28	12:41PM 0.30				1:35PM 0.28	2:39AM 0.01		2:25PM 0.25	3:47AM 0.04		3:12PM 6:32PM 0.20 0.18
Low Tide / height (m)	4:04AM 0.07		3:54PM 0.15	8:11PM 0.41	8:48AM 0.11			9:28AM 0.18			5:59AM 0.96			2:26AM -0.01			1:47AM 3:14AM 0.01 0.01			2:05AM 0.04	4:01AM 0.04	6:00PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	9	4	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	20	8	22	21	21	21	22	28	12	18	21	21	11	14	20	11	12	17	10	15	7
Low °C	22	19	5	21	20	21	21	21	26	11	17	20	9	9	14	19	9	11	13	9	15	6
Chill °C (?)	23	20	3	22	21	21	21	22	28	8	18	21	21	8	12	20	8	10	17	8	14	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	7:29	-	8:14	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	8:07	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	1.0 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.6 SE	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	1.5 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 ENE	1.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	9	6	4	7	6	4	9	5	9	7	8	7	7	9	10	10	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 N	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	7	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	9	11	10	10	8	11	10	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	1.2 SE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	0.9 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 W	1.8 WNW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	7	3	-	5	7	6	7	4	3	3	10	4	5	-	8	7	3

	Sunday 03			Monday 04							Tuesday 05									Wednesday 06
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	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
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	7	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	6	7	8	7	4	7	7	6	6	3	4	4	4	4
Energy	98	69	67	217	295	3	4	87	3	5	62	5	3	2	12	5	3	4	6	6	9	8
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	mid-flow	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:25PM 1.19	1:28AM 2.70												11:05AM 0.33
Low Tide / height (m)	2:52PM 0.05											12:07AM -0.03								12:55AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	5	7	19	21	18	22	21	7	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	2	4	19	21	17	22	21	3	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	6	6	9	6	7	8	4	4	7	7	6	6	4	4	4	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SE	0.4 N	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	10	-	9	10	-	4	7	7	7	4	-	5	5	6	6	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	3	4	-	3	3	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	3	3	3	-	-	4	4

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	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
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	3.0 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period(s)	7	9	9	8	8	6	6	8	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Energy	61	73	66	100	104	8	8	111	4	4	1595	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																						10:25AM 0.33
Low Tide / height (m)	2:52PM 0.05	3:19PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	12	11	22	22	7	20	20	4	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	14	11	12	10	8	22	22	4	20	20	-2	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.7 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.6 SE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	7	9	9	8	8	6	6	8	6	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	4	4	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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