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

	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Turtle Cove Long Island NY	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	The Wall New Hampshire	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	15	9	9	9	10	9	9	7	7	11	12	7	11	6	7	5	6	5
Energy(?)	196	193	110	53	4	164	513	611	640	455	330	903	489	55	162	70	69	25	54	3	3	1
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:29PM 0.84		5:58AM 0.77	6:20PM 0.83		6:45AM 0.81	7:04PM 0.81	7:10PM 1.48	7:26AM 0.86	7:43PM 0.79		8:04AM 0.89	7:30PM 1.10		8:01AM 1.27		12:25AM 2.53	8:28AM 1.22		8:42PM 0.90	9:43AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 0.21			12:18PM 0.13		12:48AM 0.12	1:09PM 0.11		1:16AM 0.32	1:54PM 0.10		2:00AM 0.09			1:46AM 0.02		6:32PM 0.03			3:31PM 0.19	2:33AM 0.14	3:36AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	16	13	15	14	13	14	11	13	15	18	18	19	26	13	27	26	13	25	23	22
Low °C	15	18	12	10	14	12	11	13	11	10	13	16	15	18	25	10	26	26	13	25	20	21
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	11	13	13	11	12	8	12	15	17	16	19	26	11	27	26	11	25	23	22
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.9 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	15	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	11	12	7	11	6	7	5	6	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 SE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.5 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	15	6	-	14	12	-	-	10	10	10	6	6	9	6	8	4	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNE	0.6 N	1.7 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 N	0.2 E	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	8	4	4	4	4	-	-	7	7	3	3	3	3	2	-	4	3	3

	Thursday 16							Friday 17								Saturday 18
	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	5PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Point o Woods Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.0 E	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	4	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	9	12	10
Energy(?)	240	131	1	197	193	150	117	110	234	102	53	40	62	198	219	571	505	566	205	611	301	727
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:59AM 1.21	5:02AM 0.72	7:26AM 0.23			5:29PM 0.84				5:58AM 0.77				5:22PM 1.09								7:10PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)				11:19AM 0.14				12:05AM 0.13				12:18PM 0.13				11:56PM 0.27	4:04AM 0.12			1:06PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	24	18	18	16	15	14	10	10	13	16	18	14	13	15	8	7	14	14	16	11
Chill °C (?)	8	14	24	17	17	15	14	13	7	7	11	15	18	13	12	14	6	5	14	12	16	8
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.4 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 E	1.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.0 E	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	4	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	9	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	16	15	15	15	9	-	6	6	-	15	15	13	-	-	13	-	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.9 NE	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 N	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 N	-	0.8 N
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	4

	Thursday 16																					Fri
	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Point o Woods Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Assateague Maryland	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia
Rating	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.7 E	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	0.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	9
Energy(?)	253	122	0	131	131	131	131	196	82	196	197	197	197	155	155	179	222	228	132	58	210	56
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:02AM 0.72											4:27PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)									11:24AM 0.51	11:19AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	22	16	16	15	15	16	13	17	17	18	18	15	15	16	10	10	13	11	17	10
Chill °C (?)	8	15	22	15	15	14	13	15	11	16	16	17	17	13	13	14	7	7	10	8	15	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 NE	0.6 SSE	1.1 E	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	0.7 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	16	16	16	6	6	15	14	-	9	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.5 NNE	-	0.5 NNE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 N	0.6 ENE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.9 N	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.2 N	1.3 E	1.1 N	1.4 E
Period (s)	4	3	-	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	4	6

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