Cannon Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 59.50° N 139.76° W

Cannon Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cannon Beach sea temperature is
12.9°C
1.4° 

Cannon Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cannon Beach today (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cannon Beach at 9AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (23 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (23 Sep)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 12°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Wed night, fresh winds from the E by Fri night).

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
1
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
1.5
S
8
1.5
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
7
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
1.3
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
227
307
307
344
388
1051
331
316
264
257
219
203
164
131
146
144
171
171
169
140
140
140
138
123
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
15
ENE
25
NNE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ENE
10
E
10
NE
5
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
ESE
25
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:15AM2.65m
1:19PM2.55m
1:00AM2.82m
1:44PM2.78m
1:40AM2.96m
2:10PM3.01m
Low Tide
6:54AM0.17m
7:03PM0.80m
7:26AM0.09m
7:39PM0.50m
7:56AM0.06m
8:14PM0.22m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
8:04
8:07
8:08
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8:15
8:13
8:09
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
11
9
9
11
11
12
12
11
11
10
10
9
11
11
12
11
10
10
9
9
10
10
11
10
Feels °C
6
6
4
5
5
7
8
8
8
7
7
6
8
8
9
8
7
7
6
6
7
5
6
4
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