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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	Fri		Sat		Sun				Mon		Tue				Wed		Thursday 13			Friday 14
	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Fortress Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	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
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	1.2 S	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 NNW	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.8 E	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	8	8	8	7	6	6	8	8	8	-	-	3	4	9	11	11	11	11	10	7
Energy(?)	39	125	749	484	212	69	204	120	393	285	658	0	0	3	3	132	478	571	1085	287	206	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:28AM 1.09		10:53PM 0.81	11:24AM 1.02	10:23AM 0.99		10:43PM 1.01	10:59AM 1.19		12:46PM 1.58		1:37AM 1.46	1:44PM 1.41		2:52AM 1.45			2:47PM 0.73	3:19AM 0.79	6:47AM 2.47	3:09PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)			5:02PM 0.00	4:52AM -0.02			4:36PM 0.05		4:36AM 0.06	5:47PM 0.05	6:36AM 0.47	7:21PM 0.26		7:42AM 0.53		8:24PM 0.32	8:53AM 0.53	8:02AM 0.19		8:58PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	7	3	-	-	3	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	14	12	5	6	12	15	9	9	15	8	11	17	20	8	9	9	6	6	7	7
Low °C	22	20	14	4	3	4	12	13	8	9	14	5	9	13	18	4	6	8	5	4	5	5
Chill °C (?)	22	22	12	9	3	2	9	14	7	7	14	8	9	17	20	4	6	7	4	3	4	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	6:26	-	6:56	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	5:32	-	4:59	-	-	4:35	4:35	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:55	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	4:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 SE	-	1.2 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.9 SE	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	8	8	6	6	6	-	8	8	-	-	-	3	9	11	11	11	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SSW	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	6	-	11	9	10	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	8	8	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	1.2 S	2.4 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.4 SE	0.6 S	1.9 ESE	-	1.4 SE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	5	6	8	3	3	7	6	6	8	-	8	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	4

	Friday 07			Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	3PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Fortress Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY
Rating	0	3	3	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 N	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	4	9	9	9	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	5	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	13	702	570	493	377	1041	245	86	69	232	314	228	365	248	212	243	253	54	211	112	873	163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:58PM 0.85				9:03AM 1.38				10:38PM 1.61				10:36AM 1.73					10:59PM 0.78	2:32AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)					3:57AM -0.06				3:44PM -0.10				4:26AM 0.31					4:38PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Temp. °C	24	22	23	23	22	14	19	19	19	13	9	6	4	3	5	8	7	18	15	15	11	13
Chill °C (?)	24	22	23	23	22	13	18	19	19	11	6	3	1	0	3	7	7	18	14	14	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 N	2.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 N	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.7 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	12	10	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	4	10	6	-	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	2.3 SSW	1.4 S	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.5 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	4	3	4	4	4	7	6	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	5	6	-	7	-

	Friday 07										Saturday 08
	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Fortress Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Cupsogue Long Island NY
Rating	0	3	3	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSE	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	2.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	4	9	9	9	9	6	5	11	11	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	10	715	715	716	678	350	81	12	12	507	45	57	125	94	113	167	255	423	940	582	85	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:41PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)			4:07PM -0.03											3:32AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	24	21	21	21	21	13	22	17	17	16	7	8	8	8	10	12	11	15	14	14	12	16
Chill °C (?)	24	21	21	21	21	10	22	15	15	14	4	5	5	5	7	9	8	14	13	12	11	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	6:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	11	6	11	11	11	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	-	14	-	-	-	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 E	2.1 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	3	6	5	5	5	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	3	7

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