Alaska Mainland Surf

Alaska Mainland Surf Forecast

Detailed Alaska Mainland surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Alaska Mainland. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Alaska Mainland. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Alaska Mainland over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Alaska Mainland and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Alaska Mainland Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Alaska Mainland Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Alaska Mainland Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Alaska Mainland Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Alaska Mainland Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Alaska Mainland Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Alaska Mainland Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Alaska Mainland Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Alaska Mainland Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Alaska Mainland Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Alaska Mainland Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Alaska Mainland coastline are also listed below.

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Alaska Mainland Wavefinder

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	Fri	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	2.4 ESE	2.4 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period(s)	10	9	13	13	24	23	21	21	8	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	18	19	19
Energy	353	253	46	57	97	81	123	391	800	1268	3223	2731	1848	1375	988	598	441	327	204	287	279	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:37AM 3.27		5:57PM 5.87		5:19AM 6.42	6:33PM 5.91				7:10PM 5.89	6:30AM 6.35		3:54AM 3.11		5:33PM 2.40	8:26PM 5.66	7:45AM 5.99			8:26AM 5.71		9:49PM 5.39
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34AM -0.10		11:46PM 1.40	12:20PM -0.36		12:22AM 1.42	9:44AM -0.14		1:00AM 1.47		1:30PM -0.28	9:59PM 1.28	10:57AM -0.12		2:17AM 1.68		2:43PM 0.06	11:22PM 1.24		3:22PM 0.30	3:46AM 1.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	8	8	8	11	11	10	14	15	14	18	19	18	21	21	18	20	10	12	13	11
Low °C	6	6	7	7	7	10	7	9	13	12	12	17	18	17	19	14	15	19	8	10	13	9
Chill °C (?)	5	7	8	6	7	11	11	9	12	14	14	18	19	18	21	21	18	20	9	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	11:15	-	-	11:17	-	-	11:20	-	-	11:22	-	-	11:23	-	-	11:24	-	-	11:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.4 S	2.4 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	5	5	5	14	21	8	20	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	-	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	23	14	21	13	20	-	18	18	17	16	16	20	20	21	18	19	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	-	2.4 ESE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	4	5	-	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3

	Fri		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	11	10	10	9	9	9	13	8	13	13	15	14	24	23	23	14	14	21	21	21	21
Energy	51	428	353	337	266	253	199	46	193	59	57	50	61	97	95	81	139	128	123	225	334	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	5:19PM 5.75		1:37AM 3.27										5:19AM 6.42							2:44AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)						8:34AM -0.10					11:46PM 1.40				12:20PM -0.36			8:49PM 1.30	12:22AM 1.42			9:44AM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	10	8	9	10	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	2	6	5	4	4	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	7	7	9	6	8	10	7	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Sunset	-	11:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	9	9	9	5	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	14	7	8	21	21	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	23	5	14	14	5	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.7 SE	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 NE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	1.2 E	0.2 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	3	4	5	5	5	2	-	-

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	57	59	51	50	50	428	417	399	353	348	342	337	300	270	266	260	257	253	231	220	199	196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 5.75							1:37AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)																8:34AM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	4	2	2	2	2	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	7	7	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	11:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Alaska Mainland Surf Breaks

Bird Point (Tidal Bore)

point

Cannon Beach

beach

Graveyards

beach and point

Ocean Cape

reef and point

Mainland Alaska has a few decent breaks on offer, with Yakutat offering the best of them and with the largest surf population in Alaska. With a mixture of reef, point, and beach breaks you can be assured you won't be fighting for a wave up here. Accommodation and facilitates are quite limited, so it's advisable to suss out the local areas online if your planing on making a trip as it can also get expensive. A winter wetsuit is needed all year round.

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