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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	Thu	Friday 19			Sat				Sun		Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Coastguards Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	5	8	9	8	4	12	12	11	11	10	12	12	13	12	10	11	10	7	8
Energy(?)	55	48	29	4	45	52	69	1	176	182	258	326	529	222	676	1279	748	396	469	698	223	286
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:35PM 1.20		7:06AM 1.16	7:18PM 1.21		8:46AM 1.65		5:10PM 0.12	9:05AM 1.48		9:25PM 0.82	9:25PM 11:48PM 0.18 0.18		10:15PM 1.58	10:27AM 1.68		10:52PM 1.52	11:00AM 1.64		11:30PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	12:36AM 0.06			1:04AM -0.00	1:14PM 0.05		1:41AM 0.03		2:54PM 0.25	4:35PM 6:28PM 0.12 0.12		3:25PM 0.22	3:42AM 0.08	10:50PM 0.17	4:09PM 0.21		4:16AM 0.29	4:45PM 0.23		4:49AM 0.36	5:22PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	19	28	12	15	14	28	16	16	16	17	22	19	17	15	16	17	12	16	17	15
Low °C	20	17	15	28	8	15	11	27	16	15	15	17	21	13	15	12	13	17	10	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	28	10	14	13	28	16	15	16	17	22	19	17	15	15	17	10	15	17	14
Sunrise	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	6:51	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	6	5	8	9	8	4	12	6	11	11	10	9	12	13	12	10	11	10	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SW	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	8	-	7	7	14	-	8	12	-	-	10	12	18	-	5	14	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 N	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	1.7 E	1.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	4	5	5	7	7	-

	Thursday 18			Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	5PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	5AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fortress Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	4	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	5	7	7	9	6	8	9	9	8	8	14	13	13
Energy(?)	72	3	60	45	59	41	49	64	53	2	54	61	40	3	52	52	58	74	69	77	114	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						6:20AM 1.10												8:21PM 1.63				8:46AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		6:36PM -0.02		12:20AM 0.02				1:30PM 0.37				1:47AM 0.23	2:01AM 0.09			2:14PM 0.30				2:34AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	27	22	21	21	20	21	21	20	28	13	11	22	25	12	15	15	14	12	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	22	27	22	21	21	20	21	21	20	28	12	9	22	25	10	14	14	13	10	11	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	4	8	8	8	8	7	6	8	5	7	7	9	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.5 SE	0.5 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	5	6	9	9	10	10	6	8	5	-	6	6	7	-	7	7	7	6	14	14	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	3	3	-	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	6	6

	Thursday 18	Fri	Thu	Friday 19
	3PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	2AM	3AM	3AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fortress Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	9	8	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	71	3	60	60	60	60	59	44	43	2	25	27	29	3	48	43	47	48	48	46	46	46
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:46PM 1.18													7:29AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	27	21	21	21	22	21	18	17	27	18	17	24	27	16	16	16	17	17	19	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	27	21	21	21	22	21	18	17	27	18	17	24	27	16	15	15	16	16	19	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	9	4	9	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	9	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	3	3

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