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		Fri				Sat		Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	1.4 E	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	5	6	9	8	13	6	7	10	8	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	8
Energy(?)	76	55	54	30	3	4	46	56	101	218	255	318	362	162	162	178	98	231	263	251	196	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:46PM 1.18		6:33AM 1.12			7:06AM 1.16	7:18PM 1.21		8:15AM 0.94		8:30PM 0.87	8:50AM 0.96		9:33PM 1.96	8:57AM 1.11		1:12PM 0.13	9:53PM 0.22		10:52PM 1.52	11:00AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		12:20AM 0.02	12:40PM 0.26	4:40PM 0.18	1:04AM -0.00	1:14PM 0.05		1:41AM 0.03	1:56PM 0.03	2:54PM 0.25	2:08AM 0.03		3:25PM 0.22	4:01AM 0.20		5:33AM 0.05	2:59PM 0.12		4:45PM 0.23		4:49AM 0.36	5:22PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	22	27	28	28	16	14	13	18	16	15	20	22	24	21	15	16	16	16	16	18
Low °C	22	20	20	26	28	25	15	11	9	17	15	15	19	21	15	19	13	13	16	11	11	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	22	27	28	28	15	13	12	17	15	14	20	22	24	21	14	16	16	16	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	7:04	-	-	7:25	6:51	-	7:19	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	7	6	5	6	9	8	13	12	7	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	9	6	6	8	-	-	7	6	8	-	11	-	-	8	16	15	5	11	9	14	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	1.4 ESE	-	-	1.4 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	3	2	6	-	-	8	-	4	4	-	3	3	2	5	-

	Thursday 18					Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	6	8	6	5	5	8	8	8	14
Energy(?)	77	79	72	84	62	45	62	44	54	71	46	45	72	65	48	3	3	2	53	62	56	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)								6:55AM 0.86				7:18PM 0.91						10:21AM 0.23		8:21PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		11:35AM 0.11				12:20AM 0.02				1:30PM 0.37												2:34AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	19	23	22	22	20	22	22	26	24	13	26	23	25	27	29	15	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	19	23	22	22	20	22	22	26	24	11	26	23	25	27	29	14	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 SE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	8	8	6	5	5	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	6	14	6	9	9	10	4	6	7	9	9	7	7	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 NNW	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	2	-	6	5	5	3	6	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	2

	Thursday 18	Friday 19
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	9	7	8	8	8	9	4	4	4	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	98	97	57	74	78	79	78	73	72	52	59	92	28	29	42	2	2	2	48	48	48	43
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										6:49PM 1.59	6:35PM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	19	19	22	22	22	22	23	19	21	21	18	26	22	27	27	27	17	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	19	19	22	22	22	22	23	19	21	21	18	26	22	27	27	27	17	16	15	16
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	9	7	8	8	8	7	4	4	4	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	9	7	6	9	6	6	6	5	5	7	5	-	7	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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