Cannon Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 59.50° N 139.76° W

Cannon Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cannon Beach sea temperature is
13.0° C
0.5° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cannon Beach at 10AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (MST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (21 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (21 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Wed afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Tue night, calm by Wed afternoon).

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
9
1.2
SW
9
1.1
SW
9
1.1
SW
8
1.3
SW
8
1.2
SW
8
0.9
SSW
8
1
SW
8
1.3
WSW
7
1.1
SW
8
0.9
SW
8
0.9
SW
8
0.4
SW
15
1.4
WSW
10
1.7
WSW
10
1.9
WSW
10
1.9
WSW
10
1.8
WSW
10
1.7
WSW
10
1.6
WSW
9
1.5
WSW
9
1.4
SW
9
1.3
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
240
220
193
156
216
182
112
119
164
133
94
82
56
356
561
665
697
622
541
431
370
323
258
241
Wind (km/h)
0
W
5
S
10
WNW
20
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
E
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:58AM2.10m
8:14PM2.83m
9:22AM1.90m
9:07PM2.76m
11:03AM1.86m
10:08PM2.73m
Low Tide
2:04AM0.58m
1:37PM0.83m
3:14AM0.59m
2:27PM1.16m
4:30AM0.54m
3:35PM1.41m
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:37
5:39
5:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
11:09
11:07
11:06
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
12
11
12
12
11
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
Feels °C
14
13
12
9
5
6
5
5
6
8
9
10
9
9
8
8
9
10
10
9
10
11
10
10
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