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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	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Coastguards Long Island NY	Coastguards Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	The Wall New Hampshire	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Fire Island Long Island NY	North Bar Long Island NY	Connecticut Street Jetty Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SE	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	1.0 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 S	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	8	8	7	3	4	9	6	4	8	8	8	8	8	4	7	4	6	6	7	7
Energy(?)	74	107	417	140	174	5	11	12	71	14	49	678	606	178	102	1	53	35	57	41	60	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.14	1:50AM 1.17		3:13PM 0.80	3:16AM 0.28	3:25AM 1.17	3:33PM 1.38		4:35AM 1.17	4:39PM 1.40		5:39AM 1.22	5:40PM 1.46		6:33AM 1.31			9:34AM 0.30		11:15PM 0.06	6:45AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 0.39	8:34AM 0.36			9:08AM 0.67		10:21PM 0.53	10:15AM 0.67		11:25PM 0.48	11:22AM 0.63		12:19AM 0.40		12:28PM 0.43	1:15AM 0.15		6:34PM -0.01	12:08AM 0.06	12:47PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	2
High °C	15	19	17	20	22	28	28	21	20	26	19	16	16	23	16	29	20	21	21	24	22	19
Low °C	14	18	14	15	21	26	26	21	18	26	19	15	15	21	15	26	19	21	21	23	14	12
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	20	22	28	28	21	20	26	19	16	15	23	15	29	20	21	21	24	22	19
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:58	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.3 SE	1.0 ESE	-	0.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.2 WSW	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	6	9	8	8	7	-	-	9	6	-	8	8	8	8	8	4	7	7	6	6	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.3 E	1.4 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 N	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	4	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	8	6	4	6	9	9	8	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 E	-	0.9 NNE	0.5 W	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.3 S	0.8 SE	0.9 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	7	3	4	5	-	4	-	5	3	4	2	-	3	4	4	3	-	3

	Saturday 30						Sunday 31								Monday 01
	4AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	3	6	7	6	8	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	6
Energy(?)	3	116	213	105	357	2	417	185	184	140	110	174	79	63	57	55	69	57	11	13	9	71
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.26			2:15PM 0.87				2:21AM 1.22				2:32PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		7:11AM 0.43								8:09AM 0.62					9:15PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	15	18	18	19	27	15	14	14	15	20	21	22	19	18	18	15	21	26	28	28	20
Chill °C (?)	26	14	18	18	19	27	14	13	13	14	20	21	22	19	18	18	14	21	26	28	28	20
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	6	7	6	8	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 SE	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	9	9	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.9 S	0.8 SW	-	-	-	0.3 NW	1.2 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	3	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	2	5	4	4	4	6

	Saturday 30																					Sun
	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in District-of-Columbia	Alabama Point Alabama	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Ingonish Beach Cape Breton Island	Alabama Point Alabama	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Broad Cove Nova Scotia	Michaud Point Cape Breton Island	Atlantic Beach Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Coastguards Long Island NY
Rating	0	1	2	1	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	3	6	6	6	6	4	5	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	4	4	4	7
Energy(?)	1	129	129	134	71	5	26	39	39	40	107	107	103	214	260	262	590	20	2	2	3	39
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.26										1:41PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					7:43AM 0.32												7:26PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	15	14	14	14	25	17	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	17	23	27	27	27	20
Chill °C (?)	26	13	12	13	13	25	17	18	19	19	19	17	17	19	19	19	16	23	27	27	27	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:18	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	4	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	8	4	4	4	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	12	-	7	10	10	10	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	3	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	3

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