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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	Sun		Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE
Period(s)	16	16	16	7	14	7	24	24	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	8	8	8	10	8
Energy	506	560	236	217	132	90	288	249	522	411	202	263	417	546	363	263	391	633	1739	699	293	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:29PM 2.41	8:02AM 2.14		12:08AM 5.49	12:28PM 4.81		12:59AM 5.71		1:45PM 4.94	10:50PM 3.01	11:58AM 2.20	2:55PM 5.25	2:42AM 6.36		3:57PM 5.63	12:25AM 3.50			1:13AM 3.69		5:44PM 6.32
Low Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 1.01		5:47PM 1.12		6:51AM 1.50	6:48PM 1.33		7:56AM 1.02			5:44AM 0.16		8:53PM 1.42	9:50AM -0.20			10:41AM -0.77	7:05PM 1.05		8:17AM -0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	10
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	12	11	13	10	10	13	13	12	16	11	10	11	12	12	9
Low °C	11	10	11	11	9	8	10	10	11	12	10	9	13	10	11	14	10	10	11	12	11	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	8	8	8	11	12	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	16	9	8	10	12	12	6
Sunrise	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:35	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:35	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:00	-
Sunset	11:30	-	-	11:30	-	-	11:31	-	-	11:34	-	-	11:35	-	-	11:36	-	-	11:37	-	-	11:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	1.0 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	21	21	10	9	19	18	18	17	16	8	8	8	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.7 E
Period (s)	16	16	16	9	14	4	24	24	9	9	20	19	8	8	12	7	9	16	16	11	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	1.6 E	2.5 SSE	1.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	7	8	6	-	-

	Sunday 07	Monday 08	Tuesday 09	Wed
	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	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	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	14	14	8	7	7	7	24	24	24	24	23
Energy	449	506	216	588	560	525	453	236	243	217	180	153	132	189	110	90	84	288	374	344	249	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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)				8:29PM 2.41				8:02AM 2.14	11:13AM 4.89				12:08AM 5.49				12:28PM 4.81				12:59AM 5.71
Low Tide / height (m)	1:40PM 0.20					2:28AM 1.01					5:47PM 1.12				6:51AM 1.50				6:48PM 1.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	10	11	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	9	8	10	10	10	7	8	7	8	7	9	8	6	8	10	11	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	11:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 S	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	16	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	8	8	14	14	4	4	5	24	24	24	24	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07												Monday 08
	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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	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	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7
Energy	156	523	449	449	506	506	515	207	216	588	588	588	588	555	560	551	525	525	525	525	453	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:07AM 5.11									8:29PM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)			1:40PM 0.20													2:28AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	9
Chill °C (?)	7	9	10	10	11	11	11	7	9	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 E	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	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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