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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	Wed		Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	The Wall New Hampshire	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Georgica Pond Long Island NY	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Lawrencetown Reef Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North
Rating	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	12	13	10	10	10	12	11	10	10	9	9	6	5	10
Energy(?)	341	168	56	158	110	78	150	239	449	384	802	716	488	438	215	79	51	113	114	174	77	246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:29PM 1.48	4:50AM 0.78		5:34PM 1.48		9:12AM 2.51	6:20PM 0.83		5:56AM 1.49	7:04PM 0.81		7:26AM 0.86	7:43PM 0.79		8:05AM 1.63		8:20PM 0.77	8:39AM 0.91		8:08PM 1.07	8:28AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		10:39PM 0.13	10:20AM 0.22		12:05AM 0.13			12:48AM 0.12	12:01PM 0.12		12:22AM -0.19	1:54PM 0.10		2:00AM 0.09		2:36PM 0.09	2:32AM 0.09		3:15PM 0.09	2:22AM 0.04		2:55PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	17	16	12	15	14	11	16	11	12	16	25	18	20	19	14	17	12	14	28
Low °C	13	9	15	17	12	10	14	11	10	15	10	11	15	24	17	19	14	12	16	9	10	27
Chill °C (?)	14	13	16	16	15	10	14	13	10	16	8	10	16	25	17	20	19	14	17	10	13	28
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 E	0.9 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	10	12	13	10	10	10	12	11	10	10	9	9	6	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	15	-	-	16	15	-	16	15	-	9	-	-	10	10	5	5	6	4	5	7	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.8 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	0.7 N	0.6 N	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	-	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	-	10

	Wednesday 15					Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat
	12PM	2PM	5PM	9PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	6AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Lido Beach Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier 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	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	259	248	201	211	541	315	128	192	107	197	545	150	117	110	327	79	78	62	62	186	243	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:25PM 1.45					5:02AM 0.72			4:45PM 1.38	5:29PM 0.84				5:58AM 0.77				5:22PM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	10:19AM 0.54								10:20AM 0.22	11:19AM 0.14				12:05AM 0.13				12:18PM 0.13				11:51PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	19	12	19	6	16	13	10	17	20	16	15	14	10	10	12	16	18	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	10	19	3	15	11	7	16	20	15	14	13	7	7	10	15	18	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 E	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	14	-	15	-	-	4	16	-	15	15	15	16	-	-	-	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NW	1.5 ENE	1.0 N	0.8 NE	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.7 N	1.5 ENE	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.7 E	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	9	5	5	4	3	4	10	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	3	4	-	-

	Wednesday 15														Thursday 16
	10AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Terrace Long Island NY	Lido Beach Long Island NY	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	The Wall New Hampshire	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier 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	Assateague Maryland
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	0.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.0 ESE	1.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	1.5 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	275	228	223	259	149	370	186	577	188	520	80	117	117	148	132	541	151	151	151	324	311	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					4:10AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		9:39AM 0.18				1:24PM 0.38										11:14PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	16	17	19	15	20	20	19	20	22	20	19	19	11	18	18	17	17	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	15	17	19	14	20	20	18	20	22	20	19	19	10	18	18	16	16	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	0.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 SSE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	8	9	6	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 N	-	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 NW	1.5 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	1.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	4	-	9	9	3	9	-	3	3	3	-	9	5	5	6	5	5	5

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