Cannon Beach surf break

Cannon Beach surfForecast / Alaska – Mainland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 MST
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Cannon Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cannon Beach sea temperature is
5.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cannon Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Cannon Beach at 3AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Cannon Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
5
3
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0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
S
3
SSW
4
S
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121210111114141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)263821301976192018881624162414881215180519131045216440008216797567716580564349754158358730652679
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
25
E
20
E
25
ESE
40
SE
25
SSE
25
E
20
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
2.15
12:23PM
2.95
2:23AM
2.31
1:09PM
3.08
2:55AM
2.44
1:50PM
3.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
0.22
6:21AM
1.53
7:40PM
0.05
7:12AM
1.44
8:17PM
-0.11
7:55AM
1.31
Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise------11:03-------11:00------10:59--
Sunset-------5:53-------5:55-------5:58
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cloud
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light rain
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
mod rain
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light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
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Rain (mm)
------1-----6-13132------
Temp. °C441243355661354554566666
Feels °C (?)00-4-4-2-2-3-1-101-5-2-1-5-1-1-1133344
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