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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	3.5 SE	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	24	23	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	15	15
Energy	2069	1107	1067	2426	567	871	610	400	288	251	209	265	269	339	251	195	261	200	162	184	218	229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			1:13AM 3.69	4:25AM 7.04	2:49PM 2.70		5:16AM 7.27	6:34PM 6.53	2:52AM 3.83		4:25PM 2.82	3:42AM 3.74	6:59AM 7.25	5:12PM 2.83	4:32AM 3.52	7:51AM 6.98	6:00PM 2.82		8:44AM 6.55		9:48PM 6.35	9:40AM 6.03
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41AM -0.77	7:05PM 1.05		11:31AM -1.23	7:57PM 1.04	11:36PM 0.94	12:20PM -1.50		8:48PM 1.01	9:53AM -0.81		9:40PM 0.96			10:33PM 0.92			11:30PM 0.89		3:33PM -0.65	4:00AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	17	-	13	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	11	12	13	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	16	10	11	18	20	16	14
Low °C	14	11	11	12	9	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	12	10	9	14	10	11	15	18	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	10	9	11	10	6	9	10	8	8	8	8	14	9	8	16	9	10	18	20	15	12
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:31
Sunset	-	11:37	-	-	11:37	-	-	11:38	-	-	11:39	-	-	11:39	-	-	11:40	-	-	11:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	0.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	15	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	18	18	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	12	19	14	9	8	8	16	16	21	21	15	19	19	13	8	7	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	-	-	3.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	6	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	10PM
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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	1	4	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 SE	2.5 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1885	2069	2181	1107	1625	929	1067	1935	2833	2426	1741	567	1231	935	871	832	268	610	488	400	211	306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					4:53PM 6.01		1:13AM 3.69		4:25AM 7.04			2:49PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41AM -0.77										7:57PM 1.04		11:36PM 0.94				12:20PM -1.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	8	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	11	14	16	11	15	11	11	11	10	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	9	12	15	9	13	9	8	8	7	9	10	8	9	6	9	9	7	9	8	10	8	9
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	11:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.5 S	2.5 S	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 S	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	21	15	12	15	15	19	14	14	14	9	9	8	18	8	8	8	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 E	-	1.7 E	-	-	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	8	-	-	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Saturday 13	Sunday 14
	5AM	6AM	7AM	9AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	2AM
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	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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	3	2	4	1	4	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	0.8 S	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 ESE	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSE
Period(s)	8	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11
Energy	654	1886	1885	378	2069	2069	1868	2261	2181	2181	975	1107	2044	993	1625	1859	947	929	2024	1077	1067	1707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)													4:53PM 6.01								1:13AM 3.69
Low Tide / height (m)							10:41AM -0.77												10:45PM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	15	16	16	11	11	15	11	15	14	10	11	13	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	9	9	9	11	12	12	14	15	15	9	9	13	9	13	12	8	9	11	9	8	8
Sunrise	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:37	11:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	0.8 S	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	16	16	16	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	15	21	21	15	15	21	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	2.3 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	10	-	8	8	-	-	8	-	-	7

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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