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

	Wed	Thu				Fri		Sat				Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 ENE	1.9 SE	0.1 SW	1.9 NW	-	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SW	1.9 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSE	1.1 ENE	1.9 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SE	1.6 NNW	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	6	4	6	-	3	4	11	-	2	8	8	6	7	11	8	7	10	4	10	8	4
Energy(?)	115	275	1	302	0	2	14	73	0	1	8	469	295	38	79	222	342	44	11	44	337	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:28AM 0.99	12:49PM 1.07	1:24PM 1.73	1:57AM 1.33		5:37PM 0.17	7:56PM 0.16	3:16PM 1.18	3:56AM 0.96	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:49PM 0.24			7:24PM 0.27	5:29AM 0.78	5:42PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.11		6:44AM 0.15		7:42PM 0.12	7:22AM 0.20		7:15PM 0.16		9:47PM 0.55	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		5:04AM -0.02			12:15PM 0.09		10:41PM 0.09	6:12AM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	6	11	-5	16	18	12	-1	20	20	4	2	-4	-2	-4	4	-5	7	12	9	17	18
Low °C	14	6	6	-8	12	17	11	-2	20	20	-2	-1	-6	-5	-5	4	-8	3	11	5	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	2	11	-12	16	18	11	-8	20	20	-2	-3	-10	-9	-12	1	-13	4	10	8	16	18
Sunrise	-	7:35	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	7:37	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:23	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:50	-	4:38	4:45	-	4:38	5:14	-	-	4:51	-	5:15	4:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	1.6 NNW	-
Period (s)	10	-	4	-	-	3	7	11	-	-	8	8	-	7	11	8	-	10	-	10	8	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.3 SE	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	9	16	-	10	7	-	-	7	-	7	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SE	0.4 NNE	1.9 NW	-	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 W	-	0.2 ESE	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 NNW	1.3 N	0.8 NW	1.1 ENE	1.9 WSW	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	3	6	-	3	4	4	-	2	6	8	6	5	4	8	7	-	4	-	-	4

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	-	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	-
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	7	4	-	6	10	6	6	6	2	3	3	3	5	6	6	-	-
Energy(?)	218	237	218	57	92	50	1	0	199	235	240	136	72	1	2	1	2	69	79	106	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)											n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:17AM 0.14								5:47AM 0.09
Low Tide / height (m)		6:33PM 0.11				6:13AM 0.14		11:45AM 0.06		7:26PM 0.73	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:11AM 0.13		9:08AM 0.09			8:50PM 0.06			3:51AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	15	11	12	6	6	11	6	5	-11	-11	-10	16	17	18	18	11	11	11	20	19
Chill °C (?)	22	20	14	9	10	2	2	11	2	0	-16	-14	-13	16	17	18	18	10	11	10	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 N	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	7	4	3	6	10	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	7	7	6	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	9	8	8	8	9	-	-	11	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.7 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	-	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	3	3	6	6	6	2	3	-	3	5	6	6	-	-

	Wednesday 10									Thursday 11
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	St Augustine Beach Pier Florida - North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	5	-	-	4	4	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	4	4
Energy(?)	279	258	218	115	167	74	0	0	14	14	484	355	353	1	1	1	2	173	157	38	1	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:54AM 0.20
Low Tide / height (m)						6:02PM 0.05					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:31AM 0.20				7:16AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	16	17	11	16	16	4	4	-7	-7	-7	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	8
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	15	16	8	15	15	2	1	-14	-14	-14	7	6	5	3	1	0	1	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	5	5	9	-	-	4	4	4	4	7	7	7	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	14	4	4	8	8	15	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.0 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	5	3	4	4	4	7	7	7	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3

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