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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	Sun		Mon				Tue		Wed				Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	AM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Topsail Island Carolina North	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	0	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	4.0 NNW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.6 S	1.2 SSE	0.5 E	2.4 NW	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 S	0.6 SE	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	5	9	7	8	8	6	7	8	8	10	7	6	11	7	5	5	5	10	10	7	6	9
Energy(?)	32	2406	270	349	41	381	278	126	225	919	73	99	67	629	29	73	72	74	68	138	51	1325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:26AM 1.02	7:07PM 0.24		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		6:41AM 1.03			7:35AM 1.06			7:44AM 1.89	n/a n/a		8:08PM 2.16	7:57AM 1.91		8:42PM 1.06	9:34AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		10:13PM 0.55		4:49AM 0.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	12:09AM -0.09	1:13PM -0.06	5:24AM -0.11	12:42AM 0.21		6:10AM -0.14	1:32AM 0.21		n/a n/a	2:41AM -0.22	2:39AM -0.31		2:27PM -0.13	2:39AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	5	-	-	11	31	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	2	9	6	2	22	20	15	3	3	7	24	14	-3	21	23	20	22	27	8	4	21
Low °C	18	2	6	4	-3	13	11	14	3	0	7	24	12	-5	15	22	17	20	22	8	3	21
Chill °C (?)	19	-5	5	1	-5	22	19	14	-4	-3	6	24	14	-10	21	23	20	22	27	5	0	21
Sunrise	6:26	-	7:31	-	-	-	6:58	-	7:33	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:00	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:13	-	4:34	-	-	-	5:12	-	4:39	4:54	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:54	-	5:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	-	1.1 SSE	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE	1.2 SE	-	0.9 S	1.6 E	2.1 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 ESE	0.9 S	0.6 SE	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	5	-	7	8	8	6	-	8	8	10	7	6	11	-	4	6	-	6	5	7	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 ENE	0.5 SE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	6	-	6	-	-	10	10	7	4	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 NNW	1.2 SW	0.6 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.2 WNW	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.3 NE	1.2 SSE	-	2.4 NW	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 NNW	0.2 NNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	-	9	7	4	6	6	7	2	4	5	5	6	-	7	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	9

	Sunday 30					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed
	10AM	2PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South
Rating	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SE	0.7 N	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	2.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	1.2 E	0.8 NNW	0.5 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.7 W	1.0 N	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	79	70	30	26	1177	480	271	239	62	32	121	116	96	137	82	266	170	512	412	295	54	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				4:54PM 1.48	5:11PM 0.76	7:32PM 0.29			n/a n/a				4:42PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:58AM 0.21				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a									n/a n/a		11:44AM 0.03				11:13PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	0	20	20	0	-1	-6	22	22	16	4	22	21	-5	-5	-5	-2	13	11	11	21	10
Chill °C (?)	21	-3	20	20	-4	-3	-12	22	22	15	-1	22	21	-11	-10	-11	-6	12	9	9	21	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	4:15	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.7 N	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	-	1.0 N	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	7	-	8	8	-	8	7	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 NE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	8	-	7	7	-	8	8	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 W	-	1.1 SE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.7 W	-	1.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 WSW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	8	7	-	-	4	4	-	6	3	3	7	-	7	3	2	3	2

	Sunday 30																Monday 01
	8AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South
Rating	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SE	0.9 NNW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	1.3 SSW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.9 S	1.3 NNW	0.6 SE	1.2 S	1.3 S	2.3 NW	0.3 SE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 E	0.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	7	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	6	4	8	6	5	5	8	8	6	4	4	8	6
Energy(?)	84	125	32	34	1008	1525	192	295	264	25	39	235	26	67	87	640	16	36	15	14	185	23
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		4:11PM 0.76							n/a n/a					3:57AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		9:18AM 0.47		9:19AM 0.09	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a							9:51PM 0.34		n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	0	18	18	3	3	3	20	20	20	6	20	18	6	7	-2	1	16	10	9	23	12
Chill °C (?)	20	-6	18	18	-4	-4	-2	20	20	20	2	20	17	2	3	-8	-5	16	8	6	23	10
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	1.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.3 N	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.2 E	0.5 SE
Period (s)	6	10	5	5	-	-	8	8	8	6	8	8	6	8	8	8	5	6	4	4	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 NNE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	9	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.9 NNW	-	-	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	0.9 S	1.2 ESE	-	1.2 S	1.3 S	2.3 NW	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	-	8	8	4	8	8	-	4	8	-	5	5	8	4	-	-	2	-	-

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