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

	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tue		Wed				Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Stony Point Lake Ontario	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Virginia Beach Virginia	Assateague Maryland	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SE	2.0 W	1.0 SE	1.5 S	0.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	3.0 WNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	1.1 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	8	9	8	10	8	10	10	10	9	5	6
Energy(?)	205	287	42	402	336	192	122	33	382	172	330	56	388	51	67	978	87	81	77	72	54	320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 0.18	7:21AM 0.11	4:23AM 1.69				6:29PM 0.56	5:18PM 1.31		7:46PM 0.35	5:15AM 1.33		7:35AM 1.06	n/a n/a		n/a n/a		8:38PM 1.66	8:45AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	10:24AM 0.08			4:52AM 9:19AM 0.07 0.09	9:58PM 0.33	10:49AM 0.26	10:08AM 0.10	10:48PM 0.31			12:04AM 0.17		11:57AM -0.13	1:03AM -0.13		n/a n/a	1:56AM -0.15	n/a n/a	7:04AM -0.14	2:30AM 0.21		3:17PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	snow shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	10	2	-	-	-	11	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	16	1
High °C	3	1	20	21	22	7	6	1	-4	20	11	4	2	7	8	-4	13	11	12	9	11	5
Low °C	2	-2	19	20	20	1	4	-3	-5	14	10	3	0	7	7	-5	12	9	12	9	9	4
Chill °C (?)	-2	-4	20	21	22	4	1	-6	-11	19	8	-3	-4	5	7	-11	12	10	11	7	8	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	7:33	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01
Sunset	4:40	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	4:54	-	4:39	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 ESE	1.1 NW	1.5 E	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.5 SE	-	1.0 SE	1.5 S	0.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	10	9	6	8	7	7	7	8	-	7	7	8	9	7	10	-	10	10	10	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	-	0.3 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.1 SE	-	-	1.0 S	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	-	10	8	-	11	-	-	6	8	7	-	8	6	-	6	5	-	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	-	1.6 E	-	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	1.8 NNW	2.0 W	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	3.0 WNW	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	1.1 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	4	4	-	6	-	4	4	6	7	-	4	5	5	3	4	8	-	-	3	5	5	6

	Saturday 29					Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	8AM	9AM	2PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	3PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.8 SW	1.0 ESE	0.6 N	0.5 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 S	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 NW	1.3 E	1.3 NW	1.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	6	6	9	8	5	9	6	6	8	6	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	8
Energy(?)	62	51	44	39	92	70	79	138	82	65	69	46	41	336	287	240	225	118	146	99	67	55
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							2:51AM 1.56				4:00PM 1.19				4:50AM 0.91	n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		10:24AM 0.08			9:02PM 0.36								9:20PM -0.02			n/a n/a		n/a n/a			10:53PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	15	15	0	-1	15	-3	21	1	0	19	9	22	22	-6	22	-5	18	0	-3	-5
Chill °C (?)	9	12	14	14	-5	-6	15	-5	21	-2	-4	19	6	22	22	-10	22	-9	17	-6	-9	-10
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW	1.0 ESE	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.8 SE	0.8 S	1.5 E	1.4 E	-	1.3 E	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	5	9	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	-	7	-	-	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	8	-	9	9	-	10	8	8	-	7	-	-	11	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 W	-	-	1.6 NW	-	1.3 NW	1.4 SE	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	7	-	6	6	3	3	3

	Saturday 29																Sunday 30
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	2.3 SW	1.1 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 SE	1.9 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	10	10	5	10	6	11	11	6	8	9	9	5	9	4	5	8	8	8
Energy(?)	53	61	62	58	272	267	33	1828	100	82	52	39	3	516	516	54	514	1	41	45	45	45
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																n/a n/a		n/a n/a		3:29AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)														9:28PM 0.05		n/a n/a		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	12	3	3	9	2	18	1	1	15	4	18	18	-2	18	0	18	-2	-2	-2
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	10	-2	-2	5	-4	17	-6	-5	14	3	17	17	-7	17	-6	18	-6	-6	-5
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	2.0 SW	1.1 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 NNE	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	-	1.9 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	10	10	8	10	6	11	11	-	3	9	9	-	9	4	-	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	10	8	11	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 ENE	2.3 SW	-	1.0 W	1.0 WNW	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.5 ENE	-	0.9 SE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	10	-	4	4	6	-	-	-	5	4	-	5	3	3	3

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