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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	Sat		Sun				Mon		Tuesday 02			Wed				Thursday 04			Fri		Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	North Bar Long Island NY	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 SE	0.7 NE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	4	3	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	4	7	8	-	8	6	6	7
Energy(?)	107	497	88	41	2	7	121	46	58	163	196	67	85	51	1	47	33	0	27	94	98	101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:25AM 1.15		3:13PM 0.80			3:20PM 1.33		4:35AM 1.17	4:08PM 0.74		5:39AM 1.22	5:40PM 1.46			8:47AM 0.30			9:34AM 0.30		11:15PM 0.06	7:15PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20PM 0.72	8:34AM 0.36		9:15PM 0.53	9:35AM 0.39		9:24PM 0.46	10:15AM 0.67		11:25PM 0.48	11:22AM 0.63		11:41PM 0.18			6:41PM -0.04			6:34PM -0.01	12:08AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	18	18	20	19	28	28	26	20	19	24	18	27	24	24	28	21	26	29	23	22	19	28
Low °C	17	17	17	19	27	26	26	19	17	24	16	26	24	22	27	20	25	24	22	18	17	27
Chill °C (?)	18	17	20	19	28	28	26	20	19	24	18	27	24	24	28	21	26	29	23	22	19	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	7:58	-	-	7:22	7:14	-	7:36	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	-	-	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	1.2 SE	0.7 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	-	-	7	6	6	-	8	8	8	7	4	7	7	-	8	6	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.7 E	0.5 SE	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 E
Period (s)	4	8	9	6	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	7	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 NNE	1.2 E	0.4 SW	-	0.7 E	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	6	4	4	-	4	3	-	-	3	8	3	-	8	-	-	4	3	3	5	3	-	7

	Saturday 30				Sunday 31								Monday 01									Tue
	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	2PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	7	6	7	10	8	9	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Energy(?)	213	91	200	320	427	207	204	236	148	53	124	85	72	41	10	10	16	19	16	12	19	337
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:15PM 0.87				1:25AM 1.15				1:37PM 0.73				1:43AM 0.57	3:16AM 0.28
Low Tide / height (m)				7:20PM 0.72				8:03AM 0.50					9:15PM 0.53							5:08PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	16	15	16	14	17	20	20	22	20	18	19	27	26	26	27	28	28	28	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	16	14	15	13	17	20	20	22	20	18	19	27	26	26	27	28	28	28	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	0.8 E	0.8 SE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	8	10	8	9	8	5	8	6	7	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	2	-	5	7	-	5	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	7

	Saturday 30																Sunday 31
	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Indian Wells Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	9	6	7	9	8	6	8	8	8	6	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	8
Energy(?)	160	57	49	63	107	91	170	588	237	32	388	358	358	24	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					1:41PM 1.45	2:15PM 0.87														2:22AM 0.27
Low Tide / height (m)												8:14PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	21	18	17	17	20	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	22
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	16	17	18	19	18	18	21	18	16	17	20	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	9	6	7	9	8	6	9	9	9	6	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	1.1 E	-	0.4 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	4	9	9	8	-	6	8	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 SW	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	6	-	6	3	5	3	8	8	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4

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