Cannon Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 59.50° N 139.76° W

Cannon Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 18 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cannon Beach sea temperature is
13.0°C
1.0° 

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 (18 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 21s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cannon Beach at 10PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)21s
Evening (18 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 131mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat night, min 10°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Fri night, near gales from the SE by Sun morning).

Fri
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
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)
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
21
2
SSE
8
2.2
S
8
2.3
SSW
8
2.2
SSW
8
2
SSW
8
1.7
SSW
8
1.6
SW
8
0.5
SW
19
0.5
SW
19
0.5
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
1.3
S
7
2
SSE
7
2.3
SSE
8
4
SSE
9
5
S
10
5.5
S
12
5
SSW
12
4.5
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
115
464
639
737
678
512
374
276
184
183
161
111
173
440
688
2821
5579
8914
7659
6316
Wind (km/h)
35
E
50
SE
30
SSE
20
E
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
E
25
ENE
40
SE
35
SE
15
ENE
45
SE
60
SE
55
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
S
25
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:03PM2.51m
9:59AM1.82m
8:25PM2.34m
11:34AM1.93m
10:05PM2.34m
Low Tide
12:41PM1.47m
2:46AM0.64m
2:05PM1.60m
4:19AM0.61m
4:12PM1.57m
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
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light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:56
7:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:30
8:28
8:24
 mm
9
15
13
2
1
1
1
8
12
3
8
8
7
4
3
5
5
4
Temp °C
10
11
13
11
10
10
10
11
11
10
14
13
10
12
11
12
11
11
12
11
Feels °C
2
1
7
6
6
7
7
8
9
5
6
6
6
3
-1
2
2
4
4
6
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