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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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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	Thu		Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape 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	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island
Rating	1	3	2	0	2	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 S	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	7	8	7	8	7	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	14	18	9	9
Energy(?)	144	430	516	159	122	198	149	278	737	1245	1207	124	213	300	429	1227	1323	154	37	12	440	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:23PM 6.71		5:26AM 7.23	6:06PM 6.91		6:01AM 7.46	3:26PM 2.99	3:02AM 3.60		4:14PM 2.87	3:44AM 3.57	7:20AM 7.34		8:26PM 6.38	8:05AM 6.98	6:05PM 2.54	9:21PM 5.94	5:45AM 3.25	7:36PM 2.29		6:48AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		11:38PM 0.16	12:07PM -0.90		12:17AM 0.16	12:48PM -1.22		8:58PM 1.03	9:50AM -0.05		9:38PM 1.16		2:16PM -1.12	2:25AM 0.91			3:16AM 1.32	12:55PM -0.23		12:42AM 1.23		2:04PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light rain	light snow	cloudy	clear	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light snow	light snow	rain shwrs	light snow	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	snow shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	1	4	1	2	3	-	1	-	-	6	-	-
High °C	1	3	2	1	2	3	3	4	1	1	3	3	5	5	3	4	2	2	-2	4	4	5
Low °C	1	2	2	0	1	3	3	3	0	1	1	1	4	4	2	4	2	1	-4	2	4	5
Chill °C (?)	-4	-2	1	-1	2	-1	-2	2	-1	0	-2	-2	3	2	0	2	2	-1	-7	-1	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	9:28	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:46	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	1.7 SSE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	12	8	8	7	8	7	10	7	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	7	18	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	13	12	7	12	8	15	13	7	9	9	8	9	13	14	12	12	12	13	14	22	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	0.4 SE	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	1.4 SE	2.5 S	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	4	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	3	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	11	9

	Thursday 16	Friday 17	Saturday 18	Sun
	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	14	7	15	10	10	10
Energy(?)	146	144	141	153	204	231	295	516	396	263	127	143	118	94	91	220	98	149	178	195	278	284
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			5:23PM 6.71							2:39PM 3.04					6:01AM 7.46			3:50PM 2.98				3:29AM 3.73
Low Tide / height (m)	11:29AM -0.38				11:38PM 0.16			8:21AM 0.17					12:17AM 0.16			9:04AM 0.00	12:48PM -1.22			9:23PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	light rain	light snow	light snow	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	2	1	-
Temp. °C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	3	3	4	4
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	0	0	1	1	2	2	-2	-2	-1	-2	3	-2	-1	-1	-1	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	8	12	8	12	12	12	15	10	14	13	15	7	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	146	146	146	146	146	144	393	427	480	480	464	153	171	179	204	430	235	240	280	292	288	325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																1:49AM 3.40
Low Tide / height (m)		11:29AM -0.38								7:43PM 0.85				11:38PM 0.16								8:48AM -0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	1
High °C	-1	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	-6	-4	-4	-4	-5	-4	0	-1	-1	-1	-2	-4	-3	-3	-3	-1	-2	-3	-2	-1	-1	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.3 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	12	8	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.8 SSW	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	4	8	4	-	-	-	-	-

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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