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	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Mon		Tue				Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14
	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Erie Lake Erie	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	0	3	0	3	3	1	1	3	0	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.3 S	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SE	1.3 S	2.1 NW	1.9 ESE	0.2 E	-	0.3 SSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	-
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	4	10	5	7	8	7	8	3	-	2	11	10	9	10	11	6	11	8	-
Energy(?)	377	1355	223	18	21	132	93	211	393	538	1	0	1	3778	619	72	52	823	2	223	14	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:48PM 0.40		9:25PM 1.42	9:59PM 0.81	10:23AM 0.99		10:59PM 0.78	11:25AM 0.91	12:40AM 1.48	12:46PM 1.58		1:37AM 1.46	1:54PM 1.48		2:01PM 1.91	1:45AM 0.98		2:47PM 0.73			3:09PM 0.87	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		5:02PM 0.00	4:33AM -0.22	3:26AM -0.03		4:41PM -0.00		4:23AM 0.04		6:36AM 0.47	7:07PM 0.28		7:47AM 0.52			7:49PM 0.08	7:56AM 0.26		12:43AM 0.18	9:28AM 0.15		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light snow	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	3	1	1	-	4	3	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	4	-	1	-	-
High °C	15	14	11	23	27	15	14	10	1	15	8	4	17	6	5	8	3	9	20	4	16	21
Low °C	14	14	3	20	23	12	10	10	1	12	5	3	14	6	4	7	3	6	15	4	15	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	9	23	27	14	13	10	-4	14	7	-1	16	1	2	5	3	6	20	0	15	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:28	-	6:56	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:15	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	5:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	2.0 SSW	1.3 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	1.3 S	-	1.9 ESE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	-	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.9 SSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	11	8	8	10	4	6	7	8	-	8	3	7	-	11	10	9	5	11	6	11	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	11	6	7	7	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	11	10	8	6	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.6 S	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	2.1 NW	0.8 SE	0.3 NE	1.8 SW	0.3 SSW	3.0 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	7	8	3	4	-	5	-	-	7	8	3	6	2	11	-	4	3	-	-	3	2	-

	Fri	Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	9PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Erie Lake Erie
Rating	0	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	1.7 NNW	0.7 N	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	4	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6
Energy(?)	15	493	74	549	280	288	209	232	303	223	303	210	107	124	62	83	76	116	277	225	201	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)					9:25AM 1.06				10:38PM 1.61				10:45AM 1.82					10:59PM 0.78	2:32AM 2.58			n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			3:41AM -0.24				3:41PM -0.06				4:26AM 0.31					4:38PM -0.04				4:23AM 0.04		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-
Temp. °C	24	23	3	14	14	15	15	13	9	5	4	3	5	7	29	19	14	13	10	10	10	2
Chill °C (?)	24	23	0	13	12	14	14	12	6	2	1	0	4	7	29	19	14	12	8	9	10	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.7 NNW	0.7 N	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	10	4	10	10	-	10	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.6 SE	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	1.6 NW
Period (s)	4	4	2	7	7	-	-	-	3	3	3	2	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	4	6

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	7PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Assateague Maryland	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Georgica (East Hampton) Long Island NY	Flies Long Island NY	Erie Lake Erie
Rating	0	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	1.8 NNW	1.0 N	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	0.2 NNW
Period(s) (?)	4	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	3
Energy(?)	14	529	185	435	412	377	328	401	119	167	192	192	439	563	24	100	99	188	79	257	177	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:58PM 0.85												9:51AM 1.92								n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)								2:33AM -0.09													3:07PM -0.07	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	4	16	16	15	15	16	11	12	11	12	13	13	22	18	15	15	14	15	15	7
Chill °C (?)	24	22	-1	14	14	13	13	14	8	9	8	9	10	10	22	18	14	13	12	14	14	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	5:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.8 NNW	1.0 N	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	11	11	11	8	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.7 WNW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	0.7 W	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	4	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	7	-	4	2	-	2	-	-	3

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