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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District-of-Columbia Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon				Tue
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Fortress Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Assateague Maryland	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Union Bay Lake Superior	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	0.2 ENE	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.4 E	1.6 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 NE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 E	0.3 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	4	8	6	6	9	6	8	7	15	14	13	15	12	12	7	15	5	3	13	5	12	6
Energy(?)	55	8	134	96	46	196	7	7	86	246	268	597	193	140	171	58	69	13	89	36	73	90
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:09AM 1.33			1:16PM 0.34		2:20PM 1.61	2:06AM 1.45		2:32PM 1.00	2:47AM 1.09		4:59PM 0.77	3:50AM 1.06		5:11PM 0.81			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		1:09AM -0.09			2:12AM -0.07			8:36AM 0.08		8:48PM 0.18	9:40AM 0.07		9:56PM 0.16	10:34AM 0.05		10:23PM 0.17	11:22AM 0.03	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	16	6	7	15	22	3	4	6	3	6	19	5	8	13	24	10	8	24	23	29	21
Low °C	8	11	6	6	12	19	-1	3	5	0	3	19	4	6	11	23	8	7	22	23	29	18
Chill °C (?)	5	15	1	4	15	22	1	2	4	0	2	19	3	7	12	24	7	7	24	23	29	21
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 SW	1.0 ESE	0.5 S	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 W	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.2 E	0.3 ENE	-	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	6	6	6	-	4	4	15	14	13	6	12	12	7	15	-	12	4	-	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.6 S	0.4 E	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 NE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.2 E
Period (s)	5	9	-	6	9	-	8	7	7	8	7	15	13	6	6	7	-	10	13	-	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.4 SE	-	-	1.6 E	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 N	1.3 N	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.5 SE	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.9 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 N
Period (s)	4	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	3	8	-	2	-	4	5	3	4	5	4	3

	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fortress Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	7	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	10	6	6	6	6	9	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	52	15	21	29	27	54	159	72	46	41	43	627	46	57	61	61	77	315	399	492	520	470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)								12:28PM 1.01				2:10AM 0.88				1:40PM 0.81		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)					1:09AM -0.09	7:31AM 0.08				6:21PM 0.11				7:27AM 0.06				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	17
Temp. °C	1	21	21	21	21	19	14	14	17	18	17	17	13	12	9	16	19	20	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	-4	21	21	21	21	19	13	13	16	18	17	17	13	11	6	16	19	20	16	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	7:55	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	8:57	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.7 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	10	6	6	6	6	9	-	-	4	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	9	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	6	7	8	8	8	8

	Tuesday 21	Wednesday 22
	4PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Fortress Long Island NY	Fire Island Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior
Rating	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 ENE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.2 N	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	7	5	5	5	5	9	3	3	4	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	8	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	43	18	18	18	15	72	17	27	21	26	43	659	63	74	24	22	9	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										11:39PM 1.24								n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)																5:44AM 0.02	6:21AM 0.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	22	22	22	21	20	8	8	8	8	8	17	9	9	4	3	11	5	7	9	11	13
Chill °C (?)	-3	22	22	22	21	20	4	4	4	4	4	16	5	5	-1	-2	8	3	5	8	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	5	5	5	9	7	9	9	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.2 N	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	5	5	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-

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