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	Sunday 30			Mon		Tuesday 02			Wed				Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat		Sun
	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	South Haven Lake Michigan	Higgins Beach Maine	Coastal Bend Area Texas	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Topsail Island Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Galveston Texas	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island
Rating	0	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	1.3 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.4 SSE	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.3 N	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW
Period(s) (?)	5	8	10	7	6	5	6	6	7	8	9	8	8	6	10	4	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	24	246	2902	173	71	106	266	371	468	204	394	57	43	49	86	22	11	95	100	275	731	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 1.43	4:14AM 1.65		4:49PM 1.47		7:32PM 0.29		4:51PM 1.05	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		9:25PM 2.90	n/a n/a	5:15PM 0.60	8:17PM 0.42			8:08PM 2.16			10:15AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)	9:50AM 0.39		9:51PM 0.34	10:41AM 0.26		11:10PM 0.36		4:44AM -0.06		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	1:03AM -0.13	3:20AM -0.09	n/a n/a			2:25PM -0.07	2:33PM -0.15	2:39AM -0.31	2:37PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	2	2	3	-	-	17	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	3	8	11	14	21	19	12	3	2	7	14	23	13	19	-5	23	22	-3	-4	-2
Low °C	16	20	3	1	10	13	20	15	10	3	0	7	11	23	12	16	-6	22	20	-4	-5	-4
Chill °C (?)	19	20	-4	4	9	12	21	18	9	-4	-4	5	14	23	11	18	-12	23	22	-11	-10	-6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	7:03	6:58	-	7:33	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:13	5:13	-	-	5:17	-	-	4:54	-	4:39	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:23	-	4:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNW	-	1.4 SSE	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	1.3 N	1.4 SE	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 NE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.1 NNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	8	-	7	6	8	6	7	7	8	9	7	6	6	10	-	10	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.9 SE	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	-	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	-	0.3 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	6	-	9	-	7	8	9	8	8	-	6	-	7	-	6	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	1.5 E	4.0 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 NNE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.6 SSE	-	1.4 NNE	0.6 NNW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.8 SE	1.5 N	0.4 SE	0.5 S	1.4 WNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW
Period (s)	5	7	10	4	4	5	8	6	-	6	4	5	-	-	-	4	7	2	4	5	10	10

	Sat	Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	9AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 N	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 S	2.1 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.0 SSE	1.0 NW	1.4 ENE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 SE	1.9 NNW	0.8 SSE	1.3 N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	6	5	6	5	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	7	8	9	6	7
Energy(?)	79	58	187	118	69	68	58	116	42	782	429	65	107	62	227	75	66	207	209	792	44	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	-	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	high	high-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high	low-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:20AM 1.55							n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a	1:29PM 0.45					5:40AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)					9:42AM 0.38				9:20PM -0.02	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a			10:53PM 0.29	11:01PM -0.09				12:17PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	1	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	-1	-2	-3	-2	0	20	19	8	0	-2	22	2	-5	13	20	-3	19	17	-4	13	21
Chill °C (?)	-5	-5	-6	-5	-2	-3	20	19	4	-2	-5	22	-3	-10	12	20	-8	19	17	-9	11	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	6:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	4:15	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 N	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	1.1 N	1.6 NNW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSE	-	1.0 E	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 NNW	0.8 SSE	1.3 N
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	6	5	6	5	9	7	7	7	-	6	-	8	7	7	9	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.4 SSW	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.8 ENE	-	0.5 SE	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	10	-	-	10	-	-	7	5	-	5	-	7	6	-	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.4 W	2.1 NNW	1.4 NW	-	0.8 W	1.0 NW	1.4 ENE	1.1 SE	0.5 NW	0.9 E	1.1 SE	1.9 NNW	0.5 N	0.9 E
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	5	6	3	8	7	-	4	6	6	6	3	7	8	9	3	7

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Higgins Beach Maine	Southwick Beach State Park Lake Ontario	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	North Shore Breakers Bermuda
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 NW	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 N	0.9 ESE	1.3 NNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	11	5	5	3	6	6	9	8	3	6	5	8	7	7	6	5	8
Energy(?)	129	94	376	334	346	62	25	25	8	360	316	388	12	6	73	25	25	80	81	55	58	245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)										n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a						4:00PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)										n/a n/a	n/a n/a			n/a n/a		9:19AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	1	1	1	0	-1	1	18	18	7	3	3	19	3	0	13	20	0	20	20	0	20	20
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-4	-5	-6	-5	18	17	3	-3	-3	18	-2	-8	10	20	-4	20	20	-3	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	0.2 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 N	0.6 SE	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	10	11	-	-	8	7	7	9	8	-	6	-	8	6	6	6	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 SE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	8	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	10	-	6	-	8	7	7	9	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 W	1.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 NNE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.5 E
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	6	6	5	2	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	5	7

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