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

	Sun	Mon				Tue		Wed				Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	South Haven Lake Michigan	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Topsail Island Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Robert Moses State Park Long Island NY	Coastal Bend Area Texas	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Alabama Point Alabama	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	South Haven Lake Michigan	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Coastguards Long Island NY	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 NNW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.8 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.7 E	0.9 E	1.1 SE	1.0 E	1.6 W	0.9 S	0.4 SE	2.5 WNW	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	6	7	7	8	8	10	7	11	11	10	6	6	5	8	6	7	9	9	5
Energy(?)	2406	270	349	51	299	278	432	225	919	73	51	73	108	42	83	72	176	171	138	23	1325	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:07PM 0.24	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	6:08PM 0.77		7:46PM 0.35	6:49PM 1.60		7:41PM 0.39			n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:23PM 1.26	7:54AM 1.89		8:14PM 1.41	9:36AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a							6:10AM -0.14		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:33PM -0.15	1:14AM -0.24		2:51PM 0.02	2:27AM -0.43		3:23PM -0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	6	-	6	-	36	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	5	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	2	9	7	18	-4	19	13	3	3	7	4	11	2	11	23	23	19	2	13	5	20	24
Low °C	2	7	5	17	-5	11	12	3	0	7	3	7	-2	10	22	19	15	2	12	3	19	20
Chill °C (?)	-5	5	3	17	-11	18	11	-4	-3	6	0	10	-5	8	23	23	18	-2	12	2	20	24
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	-	6:58	-	7:33	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:13	-	4:34	4:49	-	-	5:04	-	4:39	4:54	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:54	-	5:13	4:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SSE	1.6 SW	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 E	2.1 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	1.0 E	-	0.9 S	0.4 SE	0.5 NNE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	8	-	-	-	8	8	10	7	8	11	6	6	6	-	8	-	7	9	16	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.8 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	6	6	10	6	-	-	10	-	7	4	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 NNW	1.2 SW	0.6 WNW	0.8 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.8 SSE	-	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.3 NE	-	-	1.4 W	1.3 NNE	0.8 S	1.1 SE	-	1.6 W	0.5 NNW	-	2.5 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	7	4	6	7	7	-	4	5	5	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	6	3	-	9	-

	Sunday 30			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	3PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	9AM	12PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY
Rating	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	2.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	1.2 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SE	1.7 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	9	8	7	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	30	26	1172	475	276	239	23	32	121	63	96	381	94	266	160	512	412	233	54	112	170	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				4:54PM 1.48		7:32PM 0.29			n/a n/a	n/a n/a			4:51PM 1.39				5:14AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a									n/a n/a	n/a n/a	11:44AM 0.03				10:49PM -0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	5	11	4	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	0	-1	-5	22	15	17	4	18	21	19	15	-5	-5	14	11	12	21	6	3	-1
Chill °C (?)	21	20	-4	-3	-11	22	14	16	-1	17	21	19	14	-10	-10	13	9	10	21	2	-2	-7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	1.2 E	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SW	-	-	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SE
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	-	-	6	6	-	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.3 NE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.7 NW	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 W	0.9 ESE	1.1 SE	1.8 SSE	0.3 NNW	1.7 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 N	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	9	8	7	-	4	4	4	6	6	6	2	7	6	7	3	3	3	3	4	4

	Sunday 30											Monday 01
	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	South Haven Lake Michigan	South Haven Lake Michigan	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	North Shore Breakers Bermuda	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Grand Marias Lake Superior	17th Street Boardwalk Georgia	Topsail Island Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY
Rating	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.3 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	0.7 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	1.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	9	10	7	8	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	9	5	8	9	9	6
Energy(?)	93	93	2406	2621	625	235	26	26	87	20	20	20	20	293	258	47	15	21	219	40	29	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			7:07PM 0.24						n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a									n/a n/a	n/a n/a							10:01AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	2	2	0	20	18	17	9	14	13	12	12	-2	-3	13	7	7	22	6	6	1
Chill °C (?)	19	20	-5	-5	-7	20	18	16	5	12	11	9	9	-8	-9	11	4	3	22	2	1	-5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.3 NNW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	7	8	6	6	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	4	5	8	9	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	5	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	4.0 NNW	4.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.2 ESE	-	0.3 NNE	1.3 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.7 NW	1.6 NW	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	-	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NW
Period (s)	6	6	9	10	7	8	-	2	5	3	3	3	3	7	7	-	3	4	-	4	4	4

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