Clifton Beach, Smith Point, Potomac River Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:22 AM and sunset is at 04:52 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryDrizzle on Wed night turning to light snow on Fri afternoon. Icy conditions (max 11°C on Thu morning, min -2°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Icy conditions (max 13°C on Mon morning, min -2°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 9°C on Wed afternoon, min -4°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryA dusting of new snow. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 6°C on Fri afternoon, min -3°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:59AM0.28m | 9:12PM0.31m | 9:38AM0.29m | 9:59PM0.30m | 10:22AM0.30m | 10:50PM0.30m | 11:12AM0.30m | 11:46PM0.29m | 12:08PM0.31m | 00:47AM0.28m | 1:08PM0.32m | 1:50AM0.27m | 2:11PM0.33m | 2:53AM0.27m | 3:11PM0.34m | 3:53AM0.27m | 4:10PM0.34m | 4:52AM0.27m | 5:07PM0.34m | 5:48AM0.28m | 6:03PM0.34m | 6:42AM0.29m | 6:57PM0.33m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:47PM-0.03m | 3:15AM-0.04m | 3:31PM-0.04m | 3:53AM-0.04m | 4:19PM-0.04m | 4:35AM-0.05m | 5:12PM-0.03m | 5:22AM-0.05m | 6:14PM-0.03m | 6:15AM-0.06m | 7:25PM-0.03m | 7:16AM-0.06m | 8:37PM-0.04m | 8:22AM-0.06m | 9:45PM-0.05m | 9:31AM-0.06m | 10:45PM-0.08m | 10:36AM-0.08m | 11:40PM-0.10m | 11:37AM-0.09m | 00:32AM-0.11m | 12:33PM-0.10m | 1:21AM-0.11m | |||||||||||||
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clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light snow | light snow | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | cloudy | some clouds | snow shwrs | light snow | cloudy | cloudy | |
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max°C | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | -1 | -2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Moonrise | 10:34 | — | — | 10:59 | — | — | 11:23 | — | — | 11:46 | — | — | 12:12 | — | — | 12:41 | — | — | 1:16 | — | — | 2:00 | — | — | 2:55 | — | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | 6:34 | — |
Moonset | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 10:31 | — | — | 11:37 | — | — | — | 12:44 | — | — | 1:56 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 4:28 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — |
 | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — |
 | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 4:57 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 4:59 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:00 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Clifton Beach, Smith Point, Potomac River is 3.8° C (Statistics for 24 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 8.6 max: 10.6 min: 6.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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