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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	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Fire Island Long Island NY	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 W	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.4 NNW	0.5 NE	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.1 ESE	0.7 S	1.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	4	6	7	6	10	11	7	7	7	10	10	13	10	8	7	6	8	8	7	8	7	5
Energy(?)	2	109	501	60	53	20	81	90	76	106	178	137	86	492	68	66	81	638	53	420	27	37
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	5	3
High °C	19	15	-5	23	-5	10	7	8	6	-11	-10	-10	-9	16	22	13	10	4	5	3	6	4
Low °C	17	15	-11	20	-7	5	4	7	6	-12	-11	-12	-10	16	18	11	9	0	4	2	5	4
Chill °C (?)	19	14	-13	23	-13	6	4	5	3	-20	-19	-14	-17	15	22	12	8	-2	2	-2	5	3
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	4:45	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:28	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 N	1.4 NNW	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.1 ESE	0.7 S	1.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	12	-	6	10	5	7	7	7	10	10	9	7	8	6	6	8	8	7	8	7	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	8	11	7	7	-	9	13	9	9	13	7	13	12	-	8	9	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 W	-	1.4 SW	1.0 NE	0.7 N	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 S	0.3 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	4	6	7	-	8	4	4	-	7	3	3	2	3	-	-	6	3	-	-	3	2	5

	Friday 02							Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	4	3	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	919	603	246	4	4	116	108	103	81	327	249	53	57	79	446	248	314	200	81	77	90	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	-	-	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	snow shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-9	-10	-8	19	20	14	13	13	11	-9	-10	23	25	20	19	-8	-8	-7	4	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	-16	-14	-8	19	20	13	12	12	10	-14	-15	23	25	20	19	-14	-14	-10	-1	4	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.9 W	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	7	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	1.1 NNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	8	-	9	11	11	10	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 NW	-	1.8 NW	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.1 WSW	0.3 NW	0.7 N	0.5 N	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	7	4	3	6	6	3	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	4	4	-	3

	Friday 02
	2AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	2.5 NW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	4	4	14	14	5	5	8	7	5	5	4	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	1010	824	278	3	3	13	16	72	73	736	387	43	45	5	1510	1563	1307	1142	117	121	127	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-7	-6	16	16	9	8	12	12	-5	-6	21	22	19	18	-5	-6	-6	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	-16	-14	-14	15	15	7	5	9	9	-12	-9	21	22	19	17	-13	-14	-14	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 NW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	2.5 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	6	6	13	13	-	-	8	8	-	10	11	10	10	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	7	5	5	4	8	10	10	10	6	6	6	6

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