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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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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	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Monashka Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Graveyards 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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island
Rating	4	3	1	1	4	3	0	3	3	0	2	4	1	4	0	3	2	1	2	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 S	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 S	1.4 S	2.2 SSE	1.6 SE	3.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.8 SE
Period(s)	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	12	11	10	8	9	11	13	11	11	10	8	8	7	8	7
Energy	3116	831	572	683	1629	941	347	907	831	289	469	866	675	3799	638	830	511	170	281	125	104	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 2.77		5:49AM 6.77	6:44PM 6.25			4:19PM 2.05	3:36AM 2.71		4:56PM 1.96	4:10AM 3.11		5:20PM 2.44	4:45AM 2.94		6:08PM 2.34		8:37AM 5.58			6:15AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	8:51AM -0.11		12:10AM 0.84	12:39PM -0.51		12:43AM 1.01	9:53AM -0.29		9:30PM 0.76	10:28AM -0.22		10:12PM 1.22	11:10AM 0.01		10:47PM 1.28	11:52AM 0.10		11:02PM 1.69		3:42PM 0.69	12:20AM 1.38	1:34PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	4	1	4	-	7	6	5	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	10
High °C	6	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	7	2	4	4	5	6	5	6	6	4	6	3	6	5
Low °C	5	5	3	5	6	3	4	4	6	2	3	3	4	6	4	6	6	4	6	3	5	5
Chill °C (?)	2	3	2	0	3	3	1	1	6	-4	0	0	2	2	0	4	5	-1	4	1	3	0
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	9:55	-	-	10:15	-	-	10:17	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:22	-	-	10:24	-	-	10:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 S	1.3 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SE	2.2 SSE	1.6 SE	3.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.8 SE
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	11	11	6	12	11	10	7	9	11	13	11	11	10	8	8	7	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	1.0 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.4 S	0.7 E	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	19	-	10	15	12	7	10	11	18	16	8	6	-	-	15	15	14	14	13	9	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	1.3 E	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	10	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 01						Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	8AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Monashka Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Termination Point Alaska - Kodiak Island	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	12	12
Energy	308	2667	2406	2602	2090	2551	1790	481	417	298	155	609	513	1137	1301	1137	688	590	323	287	925	859
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					6:09PM 6.30			2:38AM 2.79				3:48PM 2.73				3:08AM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)		8:24AM 0.36	12:07PM -0.48							9:20AM -0.30				8:45PM 1.31				9:32AM 0.33		1:12PM -0.41		9:41PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light snow	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	4	2
Temp. °C	4	6	6	5	4	1	4	4	3	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	3	4	4	5	6	6
Chill °C (?)	2	1	2	1	4	-3	0	0	-1	2	3	5	5	3	6	3	-2	-1	0	1	3	6
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	10:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	2.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	6	6	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	1.7 E	1.4 E	0.2 ENE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	16	18	16	8	8	10	-	10	10	8	12	12	7	12	19	18	18	10	10	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 E	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	0.4 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	8	-	-	10	10	10	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	-	-	-

	Friday 01	Saturday 02
	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Monashka Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Termination Point Alaska - Kodiak Island	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	4.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.5 E	3.5 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.5 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.0 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	9	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy	308	2785	2585	2714	2966	3116	2986	2878	2774	939	1609	208	193	4512	1126	1320	2110	1970	2551	2266	2240	2356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						2:39AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)																8:39PM 0.95	8:14PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light snow	cloudy	light snow	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	6	5	1	1	1	1
Chill °C (?)	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	-1	1	0	-1	1	-4	-5
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.4 SW	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.8 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	3.5 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 S	-	3.0 SSE	2.0 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	18	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	11	11	10	-	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	1.4 E	1.6 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	19	20	19	19	19	17	17	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	-	8	9	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 SSE	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	3.5 S	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	-	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	4	4	10	4	4	-	10	10	10	6	6

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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