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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	Sun	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22
	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	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	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	1	0	2	4	0	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	1.6 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.2 S	0.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.4 S	1.3 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	11	10	11	11	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	19	5	9	8	12	16	9	9
Energy(?)	94	253	205	687	345	418	473	365	395	294	205	122	127	136	68	76	525	291	2694	132	505	271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:41AM 2.52	1:12PM 2.94		2:07AM 2.78	5:11AM 6.28	5:05PM 6.57			5:44PM 6.91	2:33AM 3.19		2:51PM 3.20				4:02AM 3.52	7:08AM 7.43	4:43PM 2.90	7:46PM 6.84	7:43AM 7.33		8:32PM 6.43
Low Tide / height (m)		7:16AM 0.87	7:46PM -0.07		11:22AM 0.74		11:39PM -0.15	8:32AM 0.25		8:24PM 0.53	8:42AM 0.53		12:45AM -0.28	9:49AM -0.22	1:10PM -0.66	9:52PM 0.18			1:58AM 0.24		2:31PM -0.71	2:38AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	mod. snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-10	-1	-5	-3	-5	-12	-13	-9	-14	-15	-14	-11	-11	-11	-7	-8	-11	-7	-1	-14	-1	-3
Low °C	-18	-2	-6	-5	-5	-13	-21	-11	-16	-17	-17	-12	-19	-16	-8	-13	-14	-9	-4	-17	-2	-4
Chill °C (?)	-19	-6	-9	-10	-14	-22	-23	-9	-19	-19	-21	-19	-19	-21	-16	-17	-15	-10	-3	-20	-7	-10
Sunrise	-	8:33	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 NNE	1.6 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.3 S	0.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	3.0 SSW	0.6 SE	1.3 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	16	11	8	11	11	14	13	12	12	12	6	11	7	6	10	5	9	8	12	7	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.9 SE	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.7 S	0.6 E	0.9 NNE	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	16	10	8	14	11	8	7	7	6	12	6	11	10	19	10	18	17	21	6	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	0.2 E	0.3 W	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.5 NNW	0.7 N	-	-	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNW	0.3 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	-	2	2	2

	Sun		Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	10	16	16	8	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	261	248	220	368	99	127	226	198	637	228	228	191	461	1000	469	384	514	530	473	522	541	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:41AM 2.52		4:46AM 5.80				4:24PM 6.12			1:41AM 2.80	5:11AM 6.28				5:05PM 6.57				5:38AM 6.74
Low Tide / height (m)	7:14PM 0.05						10:47AM 1.36			7:22PM 0.57					11:22AM 0.74			8:17PM -0.12	11:39PM -0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	1	0	0	-1	-18	-16	-13	-1	-11	-8	-9	-10	-17	-5	-15	-4	-12	-4	-15	-18	-21	-21
Chill °C (?)	-3	-3	-3	-4	-24	-22	-21	-7	-20	-12	-15	-16	-25	-12	-25	-11	-22	-11	-24	-26	-28	-28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12
Sunset	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.9 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	16	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	12	13	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.3 S	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	6	16	11	16	15	11	11	10	14	14	10	8	11	15	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	-	0.4 NE	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.8 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	1.5 N	0.7 NNW	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.3 E	0.6 NNW	0.3 E	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	6	8	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-

	Sunday 15	Monday 16
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	16	16	11	11	16	11	16	11	16	11	16	15	8	8
Energy(?)	242	251	261	240	95	94	94	88	94	108	102	103	96	471	99	180	128	253	141	187	226	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										1:17AM 2.60			4:46AM 5.80
Low Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 0.05				10:36PM 0.52												10:47AM 1.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	1	1	1	1	-9	-10	-11	0	-12	-9	-10	-10	-17	-2	-18	-2	-17	-2	-14	-14	-13	-12
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	-3	-3	-18	-19	-20	-3	-21	-16	-16	-16	-24	-7	-24	-8	-23	-9	-22	-23	-21	-20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:33	8:19	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	16	16	16	8	16	9	9	9	16	11	16	11	9	11	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	5	5	5	16	8	16	11	11	6	16	6	16	16	16	16	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	1.0 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 NNW	0.3 E	1.0 NNW	-	1.1 NNW	0.2 E	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	-	4	3	3	3	4	2	4	-	4	3	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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