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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue				Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29
	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	4	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.5 E	0.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.5 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period(s) (?)	11	6	9	9	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	8	6	-	6	6	-
Energy(?)	2514	145	348	106	245	428	101	180	86	83	1347	61	104	336	277	106	195	172	0	1	1	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:59AM 0.80		9:58PM 1.83	10:49AM 1.77		11:54AM 0.78			11:39PM 0.91	11:58AM 1.06		12:45AM 1.63		1:06PM 1.64		4:51AM 2.58	2:51AM 1.63		3:23PM 1.39	2:44PM 0.91	3:35AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	3:40AM 0.02		4:20PM 0.11		4:40AM 0.06		5:41AM 0.05	6:21PM 0.01	6:11PM 0.08		5:39AM 0.14	6:19PM 0.05		7:23AM 0.15		10:13PM 0.11	11:25AM 0.18	8:22PM 0.36	9:20AM 0.35			8:52PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	-7	22	21	-2	-2	21	0	22	21	17	22	19	-4	-6	21	18	1	21	10	10	4
Low °C	16	-7	22	18	-3	-2	19	-2	21	18	17	21	15	-4	-7	18	15	1	11	9	7	-2
Chill °C (?)	14	-16	22	21	-9	-7	21	-5	22	21	16	22	19	-11	-13	21	17	-4	21	6	6	-1
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	4:16	5:30	-	4:43	4:07	-	-	5:31	-	5:20	5:32	-	4:45	-	-	-	4:15	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	0.4 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 S	1.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.5 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	11	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	8	10	-	6	6	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 NE	1.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	15	8	11	7	5	8	5	9	10	5	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	1.7 E	-	-	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.5 NNE	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	0.4 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	3	6	2	4	4	4

	Mon	Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	1	1	3	1	2	0	4	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	0.7 SE	2.5 N	2.5 N	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	8	8	5	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	51	44	844	103	239	29	1646	1280	132	392	352	303	77	71	54	412	548	226	212	242	80	89
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:37PM 0.56													10:49AM 1.77				11:29PM 1.46				11:12AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)			3:26AM 0.10			9:53AM -0.02		5:02PM 0.02			3:45AM 0.10						8:30PM 0.05			5:23AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	12	21	18	20	19	15	15	21	21	21	20	18	22	24	-2	-2	-5	-6	-6	19	21
Chill °C (?)	9	12	21	18	20	19	15	15	21	21	21	20	18	22	24	-5	-5	-10	-10	-8	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	1.6 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	0.7 SE	2.5 N	2.5 N	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	5	8	8	8	5	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	10	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	-	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Monday 22	Tuesday 23
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	1	1	3	1	2	0	4	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	0.8 SE	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.4 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	8	8	5	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	54	52	360	181	496	40	2763	2613	265	458	481	454	273	277	239	17	18	24	24	24	348	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:44PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)									4:00AM 0.04													4:02PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	18	13	17	19	16	16	18	22	21	21	19	20	20	-1	0	-5	-5	-5	22	22
Chill °C (?)	7	7	18	11	16	19	14	14	18	22	21	21	19	20	20	-4	-2	-11	-11	-10	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	5:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 NE	-	1.4 ENE	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.4 E	-	-	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	7	-	8	-	9	9	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	10	-	10	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 NE	0.8 SE	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	-	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	7	8	7	5	10	10	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-

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