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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	Sun	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Ditch Plains Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period(s)	7	7	7	5	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	9	9	10	10	5	6	6	6	6
Energy	285	64	60	81	97	149	267	178	193	99	74	48	47	44	28	30	63	86	122	84	81	51
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:05PM 1.11	9:40AM 0.83		9:59PM 1.09	10:36AM 0.82		10:54PM 1.04	11:34AM 0.81		11:52PM 0.97	12:06PM 1.29		12:51AM 0.89	1:37PM 0.80		1:54AM 0.81		2:41PM 0.81	2:58AM 0.75		3:42PM 0.83	4:01AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)	3:25AM -0.13		3:08PM -0.10	4:18AM -0.11		4:02PM -0.06		5:13AM -0.07	4:58PM -0.00		5:45AM -0.04	6:01PM 0.06		7:14AM 0.02	7:15PM 0.11		8:15AM 0.05		8:38PM 0.14	9:12AM 0.08		9:52PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	7	14	6	1	-
High °C	24	18	21	21	21	24	23	23	23	19	15	14	13	11	12	12	8	9	10	10	11	11
Low °C	21	18	17	19	21	22	17	19	20	13	13	14	11	11	12	8	8	9	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	24	18	21	21	21	24	23	23	23	19	14	13	11	9	11	10	4	5	7	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:04	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	9	9	10	7	13	12	12	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 S	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	6	4	-	13	16	16	15	15	9	9	9	9	6	5	-	13	-	-	-	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 SE	-	0.5 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.7 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	2	6	5	6	6	7	7	6	3	3	-	-	3	5	-	10	5	6	6	4	3

	Sunday 17			Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	92nd Street Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Energy	208	168	236	285	211	74	64	81	60	62	65	81	95	98	97	110	149	158	239	267	235	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross
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-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:44PM 1.20				9:40AM 0.83				9:59PM 1.09				10:36AM 0.82				10:54PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)	2:18PM -0.12				3:25AM -0.13				3:08PM -0.10				4:18AM -0.11				4:02PM -0.06					5:13AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	24	23	21	22	18	17	21	21	21	19	20	21	21	24	22	26	23	20	17	19
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	23	21	22	18	17	21	21	21	18	20	21	21	24	22	26	23	20	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	-	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	13	9	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	6	4	4	-	-	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	-	2	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

	Sunday 17									Monday 18
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	North Bar Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Hitherhills Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7
Energy	100	100	208	235	164	168	168	93	236	209	361	285	281	217	211	175	112	74	74	64	64	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)								9:05PM 1.11												9:40AM 0.83
Low Tide / height (m)	2:18PM -0.12													3:25AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	22	21	21	22	22	22	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	23	23	23	22	21	21	22	22	22	16	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	15	8	8	8	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	5	-	-	2	2	2

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