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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	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.2 S	0.5 S	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	20	20	19	18	18	7	16	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	19	16	18	18	17	15
Energy(?)	61	59	57	168	189	214	265	275	213	1150	1154	721	511	430	348	222	272	251	157	350	124	157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			4:38AM 3.13		5:50PM 2.34	8:50PM 5.57	8:20AM 6.04		9:34PM 5.10	8:54AM 5.61		10:32PM 4.67	9:40AM 5.18		11:56PM 4.42	10:51AM 4.82		1:36AM 4.52	9:26AM 2.27		11:27PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		2:08PM -0.13	10:35PM 1.00	11:28AM 0.12		2:47AM 1.64		3:18PM 0.62	3:23AM 2.07		4:02PM 1.05		4:09AM 2.47	5:03PM 1.42		5:24AM 2.76	6:33PM 1.58					8:37AM 2.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	0	0	-3	-2	-2	-1	1	3	1	2	3	3	3	5	8	10	10	1	5	3	5
Low °C	-2	0	-3	-4	-2	-2	-2	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	4	6	9	5	0	5	3	5
Chill °C (?)	-4	-2	-3	-3	-2	-5	-6	-3	1	-3	-1	-1	0	3	2	6	8	8	-2	3	1	5
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:05	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	6	6	20	19	18	6	7	6	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	18	18	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	7	7	6	6	6	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	19	16	14	8	17	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.5 SW	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	6	-	3	3	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.3 SE	0.4 S	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.3 WSW	0.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	9	7	15	7	15	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	7	18	8	7
Energy(?)	54	51	256	136	114	59	24	53	57	90	121	168	204	189	190	193	214	317	294	265	245	275
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)								8:11PM 6.02				7:49AM 6.43				8:50PM 5.57			5:10AM 2.94	8:20AM 6.04
Low Tide / height (m)		1:42AM 0.81		10:51AM 0.01		2:08PM -0.13				2:14AM 1.21				2:42PM 0.22				2:47AM 1.64			12:08PM 0.14	3:18PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	-1	-1	-3	-4	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	3	-2	3	0
Chill °C (?)	-2	0	1	2	1	-2	0	-3	-4	-4	-3	-4	-3	-2	-4	-5	-6	-6	3	-7	1	-4
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	20	6	20	20	19	19	19	18	6	7	6	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.5 SSE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	9	9	9	7	6	5	7	7	20	6	6	6	10	13	6	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.0 S	-	-	2.4 S	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	10	4

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Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	10	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	7	10	7
Energy(?)	71	54	171	153	150	51	44	37	37	37	61	61	61	57	57	57	59	59	86	24	9	24
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on
High Tide / height (m)										7:21AM 6.75									5:10PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)																	2:08PM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	4	4	3	0	0	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	5	0	1	0
Chill °C (?)	-2	-3	0	0	-1	0	-2	-4	-5	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-4	-3	-4	-2	2	0	-1	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.2 E	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.3 E
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	4	4	4	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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