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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	Sat		Sun				Mon		Tuesday 02			Wed				Thursday 04			Fri		Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	7	4	3	9	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	3	7	8	-	4	4	7	4
Energy(?)	107	417	94	174	3	5	12	71	121	51	64	68	221	94	3	53	40	0	18	48	87	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:25AM 1.15		3:13PM 0.80		3:25AM 1.17	3:20PM 1.33		4:35AM 1.17	4:08PM 0.74		5:39AM 1.22	5:40PM 1.46		6:12AM 1.25	8:47AM 0.30			9:34AM 0.30		6:45AM 1.32	7:01PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 0.72	8:34AM 0.36		9:15PM 0.53	9:08AM 0.67		10:21PM 0.53	10:15AM 0.67		11:25PM 0.48	11:22AM 0.63		12:19AM 0.40			6:41PM -0.04			6:34PM -0.01	12:47PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	2	-	3
High °C	18	17	20	22	28	28	22	20	19	17	27	27	17	17	28	21	26	29	22	20	19	22
Low °C	17	14	17	21	27	26	21	18	17	16	26	26	16	15	27	20	25	24	20	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	18	16	20	22	28	28	22	20	19	16	27	27	15	16	28	21	26	29	22	20	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:55	7:14	-	7:25	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 SE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.4 SE	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	1.2 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	4	-	9	6	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	7	8	3	9	9	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 S	-	0.2 S	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	4	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	6	7	-	6	7	-	-	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 S	-	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	-	0.3 N	0.8 ESE	-	-	1.4 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	4	7	-	3	5	-	3	4	-	-	6	5	3	3	4	2	4	4	3	4

	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01									Tue
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	6	6
Energy(?)	213	105	357	349	417	185	232	140	110	53	79	63	57	55	69	11	11	13	9	15	80	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:15PM 0.87				2:21AM 1.22				1:37PM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)				7:20PM 0.72				8:09AM 0.62					9:15PM 0.53							5:08PM -0.04	9:22PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	15	20	20	22	20	18	18	16	26	26	27	28	28	20	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	14	13	13	14	20	20	22	20	18	18	15	26	26	27	28	28	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	4	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	6	9	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	-

	Saturday 30														Sun	Sat	Sunday 31
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	9	9	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	4	4	4	4	4	9	9
Energy(?)	140	67	49	63	107	107	170	214	260	32	313	316	316	351	442	1	1	1	1	2	25	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					1:41PM 1.45															2:22AM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)												8:14PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	18	17	19	18	18	21	18	17	17	16	17	26	26	26	26	26	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	16	17	16	19	17	18	21	18	16	17	16	16	26	26	26	26	26	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	9	9	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	4	4	4	4	4	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	4	4	9	4	8	6	8	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	6	6	6	4	4	-	4	5	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	2	3	3

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