Alaska Mainland Surf

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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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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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape 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	Graveyards 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
Rating	3	4	4	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	0	0	3	3	3	1	0	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	9	11	9	8	8	7	12	12	11	11	7	6	6	8	8
Energy	1817	1083	1508	457	557	541	287	201	482	335	425	415	336	812	806	553	166	92	72	82	624	633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:06AM 2.66		9:53PM 2.48	9:17AM 2.64		2:12AM 5.60	11:00AM 2.48		11:59PM 2.77	12:08PM 2.55		12:38AM 2.98	1:04PM 2.63			1:51PM 2.71	4:55PM 6.11	1:42AM 3.29		2:33PM 2.76	2:11AM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)		6:33PM 0.55	3:26AM 1.60			7:51PM 0.64	5:09AM 0.93	5:26PM 0.29		6:11AM 0.63	6:14PM 0.39		7:00AM 0.35	6:56PM 0.52	10:26PM 0.58	7:41AM 0.13			8:17AM -0.02		8:07PM 0.81	8:51AM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	15	2	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	3	6	5	5	5	4	6	6	6	6	5	3	6	6	5
Low °C	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	4	2	4	6	6	6	5	3	3	5	4	4
Chill °C (?)	1	2	4	4	3	5	5	1	3	3	1	2	-2	2	2	3	3	2	1	4	4	2
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00
Sunset	-	9:57	-	-	9:51	-	-	9:53	-	-	9:55	-	-	10:07	-	-	10:08	-	-	10:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	9	11	9	8	8	7	12	12	11	11	7	6	6	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.9 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	18	16	16	16	14	15	9	14	12	13	13	13	13	12	15	12	12	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.7 E	1.6 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	-	2	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	6

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	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	1364	2299	2400	2034	1654	1492	1487	1662	1508	1328	1224	1216	1107	323	463	696	386	438	375	287	314	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:45AM 2.77	11:19AM 5.44			10:12PM 2.34				9:36AM 2.50								11:00AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)										3:47AM 1.19				4:27PM 0.21					5:09AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	5	4	4	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	4	5	5
Chill °C (?)	5	1	4	5	1	3	4	3	2	4	4	5	4	5	3	5	1	5	5	3	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	9	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	19	13	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSE	2.0 SW	2.5 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s)	12	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	1329	1038	2762	2817	2444	2299	1228	1208	1186	1101	1081	899	899	383	1654	992	1602	1083	1163	1349	1487	1580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:42PM 5.30								8:06AM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)				1:45AM 1.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	5	0	1	-1	0	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.9 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSE	2.0 SW	2.5 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	12	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	19	13	20	19	13	13	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ESE	-	-	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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