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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	1	0	1	3	1	3	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSE	3.5 NW	-	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.1 N	1.1 E	2.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	1.0 N
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	6	9	10	12	9	9	6	9	-	4	10	10	10	9	8	11	6	6	6
Energy(?)	95	136	108	133	119	1010	637	81	50	237	1819	0	10	38	55	1107	191	833	74	95	21	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:29PM 1.38		7:24PM 0.33			7:59PM 0.34	7:45AM 1.21		8:36PM 0.35	8:24AM 1.22		7:56PM 1.16	8:57AM 1.08		8:57PM 0.87	9:59AM 0.80		1:29AM 2.48		11:29PM 1.46	11:27AM 1.54	11:30AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				9:03AM 0.06	2:21PM 0.12						6:15PM 0.08	2:05AM -0.12		4:09PM 0.11	3:02AM 0.07			7:14PM 0.06	7:19AM 0.37		5:23AM 0.48	5:27AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	21	1	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	21	15	19	1	0	15	7	5	-3	18	16	3	8	15	19	0	-1	19	19	-4
Low °C	18	20	10	14	15	-3	-1	15	5	3	-4	15	15	3	4	15	18	-9	-2	19	19	-4
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	12	19	-6	-4	15	3	0	-11	18	15	-2	6	13	19	-6	-9	19	19	-12
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:52	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:28	-	4:15	4:46	-	-	5:00	-	5:19	5:29	-	4:43	4:54	-	4:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	0.9 ESE	2.2 SSE	1.2 SE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	2.1 N	1.1 E	0.1 S	1.1 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	1.0 N
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	9	10	12	9	9	6	-	-	-	10	5	10	9	5	8	7	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.3 NNE	0.4 SE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.3 NW	0.2 E	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	8	6	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	11	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	-	0.7 WSW	1.4 SE	0.3 NW	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	-	1.5 S	1.7 SSE	3.5 NW	-	0.6 E	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.8 SE	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	6	3	5	5	-	5	6	9	-	4	6	-	-	-	8	4	6	-	-

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	11AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Alabama Point Alabama	Matagorda Texas	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	1	1	1	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.9 SE	1.0 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	1.9 SE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	6	7	6	8	7	8	7	7	9	9	8	10	9	10	8	12	12	11	11	11	9
Energy(?)	207	100	136	113	668	108	160	58	41	163	529	227	215	94	154	157	637	572	389	1697	1330	60
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-flow	low-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:06PM 1.55							6:53PM 1.14	7:14PM 0.81					10:58AM 2.84			8:49PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)									7:10AM -0.06						1:05AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	2	20	21	24	20	18	22	10	9	25	10	13	5	10	0	5	-1	0	0	-2	-2	15
Chill °C (?)	-1	20	21	24	20	17	22	7	6	25	8	12	1	8	-5	2	-5	-4	-4	-6	-5	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	1.5 SE	1.0 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	1.9 SE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	2.3 S	2.0 S	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	7	6	8	7	8	7	7	9	9	8	10	9	10	8	12	12	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 E	-	0.8 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.4 SE	1.4 SSE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	15	-	-	7	-	-	20	5	5	18	-	9	14	15	5	7	11	11	-	10	10	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.9 SE	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 W	3.0 SE	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	6	8	4	-	3	3	3	9	4	4	3	4	3	5	3	3	4	-	-

	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	9AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	12PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Alabama Point Alabama	Matagorda Texas	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	1	1	1	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 S	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 ESE	0.2 E	1.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.5 SE	1.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	9	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	10	6	10	8	5	7	6	6	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	198	109	95	59	134	279	238	299	136	238	17	136	47	255	90	482	159	176	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:21PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	21	18	20	22	19	23	21	21	24	4	19	17	20	15	20	7	7	7	8	9	21
Chill °C (?)	-1	21	18	20	22	19	23	21	21	24	0	19	16	20	13	19	4	4	3	4	6	21
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 SE	-	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.2 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.2 E	-	0.4 ESE	1.5 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	-	5	9	6	-	7	7	-	10	-	10	8	16	18	11	11	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	4	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	1.1 SE	0.8 S	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SSE	-	1.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	6	6	6	6	7	6	-	7	4	6	3	-	5	7	6	6	-	-	-	-

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