Cannon Beach surf break

Cannon Beach surfForecast / Alaska – Mainland / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Apr 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
5.6° 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 6PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)98888888887715151010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1822662912912912842532161641257762728615822325525125120716913810882
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
0
N
10
NW
5
W
5
SW
10
S
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
3.02
2:52AM
3.66
3:50PM
2.98
3:29AM
3.73
4:37PM
2.85
4:09AM
3.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48AM
-0.39
8:45PM
0.44
9:30AM
-0.57
9:23PM
0.58
10:15AM
-0.63
10:03PM
0.74
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:58-------6:56-------6:52-------
Sunset----9:39-------9:42-------9:44---
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
654333222233211-------12
Temp. °C332222223333433334544532
Feels °C (?)-2-2-3-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-10-100123023-1-3
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