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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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	3	1	1	0	0	4	2	2	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.8 S	0.8 S	2.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	14	13	12	11	11	9
Energy(?)	266	209	245	275	344	365	380	226	308	587	167	1108	324	156	1168	4318	4269	2173	933	492	199	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:09PM 3.36	3:00AM 3.15		5:07PM 7.14			5:45PM 7.10		6:05AM 7.25		6:21PM 6.91	6:33AM 7.13		6:57PM 6.57	7:01AM 6.88		7:33PM 6.12	7:28AM 6.54		8:12PM 5.59	7:57AM 6.13
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10AM 0.63		8:40PM -0.30	8:52AM 0.41		11:37PM -0.71	9:30AM 0.25		12:10AM -0.49		12:32PM -0.27	12:42AM -0.13		1:06PM -0.16	1:13AM 0.34		1:40PM 0.09	1:44AM 0.88		2:14PM 0.45	2:15AM 1.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light rain	mod. snow	light snow	mod. rain	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-9	-5	-14	-18	-15	-17	-17	-15	2	-1	-9	4	2	-5	5	2	-6	-8	-12	-8	-7	-10
Low °C	-9	-6	-21	-22	-15	-20	-21	-15	-1	-3	-10	2	1	-5	3	2	-7	-14	-13	-10	-8	-11
Chill °C (?)	-14	-9	-19	-24	-20	-17	-25	-23	-1	-5	-12	0	-2	-14	0	-5	-11	-8	-20	-15	-13	-14
Sunrise	9:14	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:59	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 WSW	1.8 S	0.8 S	2.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	2.5 SSW	-	3.5 S	2.4 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	6	9	-	14	13	12	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.2 S	-	0.3 E	-	0.4 W	-	0.3 ENE	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	15	9	9	9	9	8	8	18	18	9	18	-	7	-	5	-	3	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.2 N	0.3 SSW	-	1.9 NE	1.1 NE	-	4.0 SW	0.4 NNE	1.3 W	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	2	2	3	-	-	6	6	4	-	4	3	-	6	4	-	12	7	7	-	3	-	3

	Monday 02	Tuesday 03	Wednesday 04
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	2AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM
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	Ocean Cape 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SW	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	7	7	10	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Energy(?)	249	266	214	209	212	232	201	222	274	275	293	344	317	285	365	373	417	380	312	226	190	138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:09PM 3.36	4:26PM 7.00				5:05AM 7.02				5:07PM 7.14				5:36AM 7.21				5:45PM 7.10
Low Tide / height (m)		8:10AM 0.63									11:19AM 0.02				11:37PM -0.71				11:56AM -0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	-9	-9	-7	-6	-13	-14	-7	-19	-21	-22	-18	-15	-15	-17	-19	-20	-20	-21	-17	-15	-15	-17
Chill °C (?)	-14	-14	-12	-10	-18	-19	-14	-27	-28	-30	-24	-20	-19	-17	-19	-24	-27	-29	-25	-23	-22	-24
Sunrise	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:49	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 SW	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	7	7	10	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.2 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	3	2	2	2	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	6	6	6	4	-	2

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	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	8AM	9AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM
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	Ocean Cape 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	314	303	249	273	109	108	265	231	231	248	224	216	221	217	212	365	234	232	224	222	245	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)														4:26PM 7.00
Low Tide / height (m)				8:10AM 0.63				10:39AM 0.43													11:03PM -0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-8	-9	-9	-10	-18	-18	-8	-18	-17	-16	-15	-15	-14	-14	-13	-13	-14	-14	-15	-16	-16	-17
Chill °C (?)	-14	-15	-14	-16	-24	-24	-14	-25	-24	-23	-22	-22	-20	-20	-18	-18	-19	-19	-19	-21	-22	-24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	2	2	3	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	3	3	3	3	3

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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