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

	Wed	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Jones Beach Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	1.6 NE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.9 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 E	1.0 S	1.5 SW	0.8 SSE	0.2 E	1.4 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	8	11	10	9	12	9	9	6	7	7	9	7	8	5	9	6	5
Energy(?)	151	133	107	110	53	315	125	345	601	354	405	336	234	585	434	183	178	361	25	9	130	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 1.44	5:29PM 0.84		5:58AM 0.77	6:20PM 0.83		6:45AM 0.81	7:04PM 0.81		7:26AM 0.86	7:04PM 1.36	7:51PM 1.51	8:04AM 0.89		8:20PM 0.77	8:39AM 0.91		8:08PM 1.07	8:33AM 1.27		8:54PM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)	11:14PM 0.15	11:24AM 0.51		12:05AM 0.13	12:18PM 0.13		11:45PM 0.05	1:09PM 0.11		1:26AM 0.10	1:54PM 0.10		1:53AM 0.31		2:36PM 0.09	2:32AM 0.09		2:15PM 0.03	2:22AM 0.04		6:33PM 0.05	2:27AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	20	16	13	15	15	15	14	20	13	15	23	15	17	15	15	16	25	17	22	23
Low °C	10	14	19	12	10	14	11	14	13	17	11	15	22	14	16	11	11	15	25	16	20	22
Chill °C (?)	12	13	20	15	11	13	13	15	12	20	11	15	23	13	16	13	14	16	25	16	22	23
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:19	6:13	-	6:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	1.6 NE	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.9 E	1.1 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	8	11	10	9	12	9	9	11	10	10	6	7	6	-	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	6	15	6	15	-	10	-	11	-	10	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 N	1.7 NNE	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 N	-	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 W	1.5 SW	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.4 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	3	4	4	8	3	-	-	2	3	-	6	7	7	7	3	8	5	5	6	5

	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16								Friday 17								Saturday 18
	5PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jones Beach Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.4 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	7	9	9	9	9	8	10	11	11	12
Energy(?)	460	134	441	419	128	131	120	199	159	150	144	237	234	79	53	40	61	167	204	508	286	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:30PM 0.86					5:02AM 0.72				5:29PM 0.84				5:58AM 0.77				5:22PM 1.09				6:29AM 0.88
Low Tide / height (m)				11:14PM 0.15			10:20AM 0.22	11:19AM 0.14				11:06PM -0.15				12:18PM 0.13				11:56PM 0.27	3:32AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	13	18	17	16	14	10	17	17	16	15	15	10	10	13	16	18	15	13	16	8	10
Chill °C (?)	18	13	18	16	15	12	7	16	16	15	14	14	7	7	11	15	18	14	12	15	5	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01
Sunset	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.4 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 NE	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	10	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	-	4	16	16	15	15	15	9	-	6	6	-	9	15	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 E	0.8 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	10	4	4	4	3	3	4	-	-	3	3

	Wednesday 15									Thursday 16
	3PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jones Beach Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY
Rating	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	190	152	460	435	117	117	165	148	441	441	435	66	128	128	128	131	131	338	338	340	132	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:21PM 1.41	4:30PM 0.86													5:02AM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)										11:14PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	18	18	19	19	14	19	18	18	17	18	11	17	16	15	15	9	9	13	8	9
Chill °C (?)	19	14	18	18	19	19	12	19	18	18	17	18	10	16	15	14	14	5	5	10	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ENE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	7	7	16	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.7 N	0.9 N	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	-	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	4	4

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