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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	Saturday 30			Sun				Monday 01			Tue		Wed				Thursday 04			Fri		Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Ponquogue The Bowl Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	2.0 N	1.0 SE	0.1 SE	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	8	8	8	7	3	6	6	4	7	6	7	7	8	4	6	-	-	-	6	6
Energy(?)	102	114	361	129	32	50	7	126	32	17	133	57	121	583	159	1	124	0	0	0	76	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.26				2:02PM 1.07	2:06AM 1.13		4:26PM 0.75		4:35AM 1.17	4:27PM 1.34		5:39AM 1.22	5:40PM 1.46		6:33AM 1.31			6:46AM 0.68	7:18PM 0.91	7:12PM 1.25	11:15PM 0.06
Low Tide / height (m)			3:34PM -0.00	8:39AM 0.39		7:53PM 0.78	9:35AM 0.39		10:21PM 0.53	10:15AM 0.67		11:25PM 0.48	11:22AM 0.63		12:19AM 0.40		12:20PM 0.55	12:20AM 0.10	12:59PM 0.06		1:21AM 0.18	12:08AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	9	2
High °C	16	18	17	19	19	19	28	27	21	28	21	16	16	19	18	28	12	29	29	29	23	19
Low °C	15	17	13	14	17	16	25	26	19	26	21	15	15	18	15	27	12	29	28	28	22	19
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	19	19	19	28	27	21	28	21	15	16	19	18	28	10	29	29	29	23	19
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:37	-	-	8:17	7:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	-	1.1 E	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	6	9	8	8	8	7	-	8	6	-	7	6	7	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	4	8	8	6	9	-	-	9	-	7	8	6	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.6 E	1.0 E	-	0.7 E	-	0.9 ENE	0.7 NW	2.0 N	0.7 SW	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	3	3	6	-	4	-	4	4	7	5	-	6	-	-	-	4	3

	Fri	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	12PM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 S	0.7 E
Period(s) (?)	2	3	3	5	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4
Energy(?)	1	1	3	87	214	115	299	328	361	194	242	129	92	90	103	75	50	41	71	59	52	20
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:29AM 0.26			2:15PM 0.87				2:21AM 1.22				2:32PM 1.40				1:43AM 0.57	2:55AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)				7:49AM 0.36				7:20PM 0.72				8:09AM 0.62					9:15PM 0.53				9:08AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	26	26	25	17	18	19	16	16	14	14	14	19	21	22	19	17	19	21	21	20	27
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	25	17	18	19	16	16	13	13	13	19	21	22	19	17	19	21	21	20	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	12	8	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.2 N	-	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	2	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	5	-	3	-	5	5	-	4

	Friday 29			Saturday 30
	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	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	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	3	2	2	8	8	8	4	5	5	5	6	5	5	10	10	10	9	7	8	8	9	4
Energy(?)	1	1	1	28	17	14	26	44	24	29	26	26	26	39	39	40	114	20	22	25	420	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					1:01AM 1.22												1:41PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)											7:13AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	5	1	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	16	18	19	19	19	19	20	26	26	18	28
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	16	18	19	19	19	19	20	26	26	17	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	8	8	12	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	9	6	8	8	9	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE	1.1 E	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	8	4	7	7	10	10	10	4	7	-	11	8	3
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	-	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	2	2	4	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	2	-	-	3	-

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