District-of-Columbia Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

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7 day 48 hour Hourly

	Thursday 17			Fri				Sat		Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tue				Wed		Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Assateague Maryland	Flies Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Topsail Island Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	-	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	5	7	4	5	3	4	8	5	5	6	5	8	8	8	-	4	3	7
Energy(?)	96	192	190	80	119	102	9	78	7	32	44	85	47	77	5	33	98	115	0	41	6	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:55AM 0.20	6:04PM 0.06		5:27AM 0.25	2:42AM 1.20		4:22PM 0.99	3:56AM 0.66		4:08PM 1.23	4:45AM 0.96	5:16AM 0.68	5:54PM 0.98		6:25AM 0.72	6:55PM 1.01		7:23AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)			4:01PM 0.04	8:48AM -0.06	4:30AM 0.25	8:47PM 0.18	8:51AM 0.06		10:18PM 0.11	9:15AM 0.07		11:04PM 0.07	10:46AM 0.05		12:22AM 0.03	11:48AM 0.02		1:57AM 0.02	12:45PM 0.00		1:59AM -0.03	8:00PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	12	1
High °C	29	27	28	21	30	26	29	29	29	24	33	29	24	25	30	18	21	16	30	21	30	26
Low °C	26	27	23	21	29	22	29	28	29	24	31	26	21	25	30	14	20	15	27	20	29	25
Chill °C (?)	29	27	28	21	30	26	29	29	29	24	33	29	24	25	30	18	21	15	30	21	30	26
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:17	7:52	-	8:20	-	-	8:19	7:51	-	8:50	-	-	8:52	7:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 SE	1.3 S	0.9 S	0.4 SE	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	7	16	7	7	9	10	5	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	5	8	8	8	-	8	4	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 SW	0.6 W
Period (s)	17	11	11	11	11	15	-	11	7	14	9	9	6	-	10	5	-	7	-	-	4	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 SW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	6	3	3	5	7	4	5	3	4	5	5	5	6	2	4	8	4	3	4	3	-

	Wed	Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Alabama Point Alabama	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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 Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	3	3	4	6	4	6	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	5	7	4
Energy(?)	1	5	19	121	29	40	81	54	540	218	76	67	80	77	75	76	68	93	78	132	47	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						1:22PM 1.43				1:47AM 0.91					2:19PM 0.91				2:40AM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)	7:18PM 0.07			7:52AM -0.06				7:59PM 0.37				7:47AM 0.05					8:59PM 0.14				8:34AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	1	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	28	27	28	31	34	23	28	25	26	24	21	24	26	26	25	27	22	27	22	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	27	28	31	34	23	28	25	26	24	21	24	26	26	25	27	22	27	22	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.2 E	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	6	8	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	5	7	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	11	7	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.9 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	3	3	4	6	4	3	6	5	7	-	3	3	3	-	-	2	3	5	7	5	4	4

	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Alabama Point Alabama	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	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 Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 S	1.2 S	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	3	3	3	6	3	6	6	11	5	5	18	18	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	5
Energy(?)	1	1	1	40	5	38	96	17	31	43	13	7	43	51	56	66	78	96	109	126	176	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)																		2:00PM 0.80
Low Tide / height (m)	7:18PM 0.07										6:50AM 0.02											4:01PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	27	28	27	26	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	28	25	28	25	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	27	28	27	26	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	28	25	28	25	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	6	-	-	6	5	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	16	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	11	5	5	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	9	16	9	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 S	1.2 S	0.3 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	3	6	3	6	6	2	5	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	5

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