Alaska Mainland Surf

Alaska Mainland Surf Forecast

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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			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	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSE
Period(s)	10	21	18	19	19	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	24	24	22	14	12	11	19
Energy	378	747	545	300	260	210	266	136	160	153	420	95	127	87	71	234	309	278	872	1942	1125	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:12AM 2.77		9:49PM 5.39	9:12AM 5.41		10:33PM 5.33	10:07AM 5.11		8:29PM 2.41	11:13AM 4.89		12:08AM 5.49	12:28PM 4.81		12:59AM 5.71	10:45AM 2.06		10:50PM 3.01	11:58AM 2.20	2:55PM 5.25
Low Tide / height (m)		11:22PM 1.24	12:14PM -0.03	3:22PM 0.30	3:46AM 1.91		4:05PM 0.57		4:40AM 1.92	4:52PM 0.85	2:28AM 1.01	5:43AM 1.80	5:47PM 1.12		6:51AM 1.50	6:48PM 1.33			4:18PM 0.75		5:44AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	10	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	17
Low °C	18	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	16
Chill °C (?)	18	9	9	9	7	8	6	5	6	7	10	7	9	9	6	7	6	7	7	8	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:39	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:37	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01	-
Sunset	11:24	-	-	11:27	-	-	11:28	-	-	11:30	-	-	11:30	-	-	11:31	-	-	11:34	-	-	11:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	9	8	8	17	18	5	5	5	16	5	6	14	5	24	6	8	14	12	11	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	20	21	18	19	16	7	7	6	16	16	6	15	9	8	14	7	24	22	7	20	19	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.7 SE	0.5 NE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04	Friday 05	Saturday 06	Sun
	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	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
Rating	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	12	10	21	21	21	18	19	19	19	19	19	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17
Energy	432	378	209	741	747	627	625	545	319	300	338	267	260	263	191	210	287	266	264	260	136	612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:14PM 2.33				5:12AM 2.77					9:49PM 5.39				9:12AM 5.41					10:33PM 5.33
Low Tide / height (m)		2:43PM 0.06			11:22PM 1.24					3:22PM 0.30				3:46AM 1.91					4:05PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	16	18	9	10	10	9	9	9	13	9	7	7	7	6	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	11:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 E	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	17	18	18	17	5	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	20	20	10	15	21	21	18	18	19	19	19	19	16	16	17	7	7	7	7	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	-	5

	Thursday 04												Friday 05
	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	21	21	10	21	21	21	21	21	21
Energy	482	481	432	426	426	378	431	679	209	231	743	741	734	747	747	647	625	627	622	667	625	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								6:14PM 2.33											5:12AM 2.77
Low Tide / height (m)					2:43PM 0.06								11:22PM 1.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	16	16	17	18	19	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	14	16	16	17	18	19	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	10	10	15	15	15	21	21	21	21	21	21	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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