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 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed		Thursday 25			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	3	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 NNW	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	3.0 N	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	10	11	9	9	8	11	3	7	6	6	7	9	7	8	7	8	12	11	11	6
Energy(?)	109	1009	990	456	81	59	44	125	2	158	72	53	179	189	171	388	29	133	2704	1845	1104	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			11:12PM 2.44	11:10AM 2.88		8:20PM 0.55	8:43AM 0.84		12:14AM 2.45	8:41AM 0.80		10:02AM 1.63	10:11AM 1.80	9:47PM 1.31	10:27PM 1.54	9:45AM 1.05		11:54AM 0.78	10:36AM 1.39		11:54PM 0.62	12:09PM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 0.16		4:57AM 0.44	2:54PM 0.04	2:20AM 0.02		1:57PM -0.02			6:36PM 0.06			4:56AM 0.16			5:26PM 0.10	5:41AM 0.05	4:14AM -0.14	6:04PM 0.03		6:06AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	snow shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	3	-2	14	14	14	14	18	8	18	19	-4	20	-1	0	3	-4	16	16	15	22
Low °C	14	13	-4	-4	14	14	10	12	17	4	17	18	-5	20	-1	-1	2	-5	15	15	15	18
Chill °C (?)	12	15	-4	-11	14	14	13	13	18	5	17	19	-11	20	-6	-7	-2	-10	15	16	15	22
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:18	7:20
Sunset	-	4:58	-	4:15	5:28	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:53	-	4:16	5:29	-	4:43	4:23	-	5:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	1.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	3.0 N	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	10	11	9	9	8	11	-	10	-	-	9	9	7	8	7	8	12	11	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.1 N	0.1 E	-	0.1 SE	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	-	10	-	12	14	-	11	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	10	8	9	8	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	-	1.2 WSW	2.1 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 SE	1.2 ENE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	1.3 NNW	-	0.9 N	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	6	-	-	-	3	3	7	6	6	7	-	4	4	3	2	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon
	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Fire Island Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	1.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 S	1.5 SE	1.7 S	1.0 SE	2.2 S	0.7 ESE	1.1 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 E	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	10	12	11	9	11	9	9	8	9	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	44	165	547	274	407	263	200	573	542	647	405	1200	77	563	58	62	56	649	72	137	115	106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:42PM 0.55								8:28PM 1.55				8:56AM 1.85				8:58PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10AM -0.06			5:00PM 0.11			1:41AM 0.02								2:45AM 0.03				2:17PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	26	10	6	10	8	6	-1	-2	1	0	-1	14	-3	14	5	13	18	15	12	9	7
Chill °C (?)	7	26	7	2	8	5	2	-7	-6	-4	-4	-4	14	-9	14	1	12	18	15	10	6	3
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	1.9 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 S	1.5 SE	1.7 S	1.0 SE	2.2 S	0.7 ESE	1.1 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	11	10	12	11	9	11	9	9	8	9	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 E	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	-	1.0 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	1.3 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	18	-	-	9	8	7	-	5	11	11	-	-	11	-	8	5	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	3	-	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	6	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	4	4

	Friday 19																Saturday 20
	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Fire Island Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	4	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	1.2 SE	1.6 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.5 SSE	4.0 S	0.9 ESE	3.0 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	1.9 E	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	9	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	42	164	109	200	1456	1455	1455	2907	3543	3488	5556	2590	113	917	116	413	92	718	116	222	200	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				10:31AM 2.86									7:47PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	22	14	14	19	19	18	10	12	8	8	13	15	12	13	1	11	21	9	7	6	6
Chill °C (?)	8	22	12	11	18	18	17	6	8	3	4	9	14	8	12	-5	9	21	7	4	2	3
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	1.0 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	2.5 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	-	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 ESE	1.9 E	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE
Period (s)	7	9	-	-	15	15	15	9	-	10	10	-	9	-	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.3 NE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	5	19	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	16	-	16	5	15	13	7	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNW	0.3 SW	1.2 SE	1.6 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.5 SSE	4.0 S	0.4 NW	3.0 SSE	0.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	3	2	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	3	7	3	4	3	4	-	3	3	3

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