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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	Fri	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
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	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	4	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 ESE	1.9 S	3.5 SE	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE
Period(s)	16	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	21	19	19	19	18	18	16	16	16	15
Energy	488	2186	2008	1067	2019	500	819	646	439	374	337	262	282	642	307	263	195	255	217	144	185	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 6.72		4:53PM 6.01	1:13AM 3.69	4:25AM 7.04	2:49PM 2.70	2:03AM 3.82	5:16AM 7.27	6:34PM 6.53		6:07AM 7.35		3:42AM 3.74		5:12PM 2.83	4:32AM 3.52	7:51AM 6.98	6:00PM 2.82	8:59PM 6.50	8:44AM 6.55		9:48PM 6.35
Low Tide / height (m)		10:41AM -0.77			11:31AM -1.23	7:57PM 1.04		12:20PM -1.50		12:28AM 0.78		1:08PM -1.58	9:40PM 0.96	10:39AM -0.75		10:33PM 0.92			3:03AM 0.78		3:33PM -0.65	4:00AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	23	-	15	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	12	12	10	9	10	11	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	15	11	19	16	17	15
Low °C	11	13	15	10	12	9	8	9	11	8	9	12	10	10	10	9	13	10	13	14	15	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	9	9	10	7	9	11	8	8	10	8	10	9	8	15	9	19	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	4:33	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	11:37	-	-	11:37	-	-	11:38	-	-	11:38	-	-	11:39	-	-	11:40	-	-	11:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	3.0 SE	0.6 S	1.9 S	0.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	10	16	10	15	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	19	8	7	18	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	12	12	19	14	18	18	8	7	16	17	21	19	8	19	13	7	7	6	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 E	2.0 ENE	3.0 ESE	-	3.5 SE	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 N	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	10	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4

	Fri		Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	1	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	1	1	1	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	2.3 ESE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 ESE	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.5 E	3.5 SE	2.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s)	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy	333	289	488	1685	1755	2186	2241	2008	972	946	1067	1136	2892	2019	1711	500	413	337	819	286	694	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:34AM 6.72							1:13AM 3.69		4:25AM 7.04			2:49PM 2.70				2:03AM 3.82	5:16AM 7.27
Low Tide / height (m)	6:11PM 1.01	9:51PM 1.30					10:41AM -0.77		7:05PM 1.05								7:57PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	14	2	-	10	5	4	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	15	13	12	11	13	16	16	10	11	11	12	10	12	10	9	9	8	9	9	8	10
Chill °C (?)	11	15	13	12	9	11	15	14	8	10	8	9	7	9	10	7	7	7	9	8	6	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-
Sunset	-	11:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11:37	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	0.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.5 S	2.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	16	10	10	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	13	12	16	16	16	16	12	15	15	12	11	15	19	14	14	14	15	18	18	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 E	1.6 E	2.3 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 E	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	3.5 E	3.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	5	6	10	6	7	8	10	-	-	-	3	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	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	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	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	1	1	1	3	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 S	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	373	231	333	406	406	289	409	405	488	473	379	1685	1685	1756	1755	1952	2069	2186	2069	2479	2241	907
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								12:25AM 3.50				3:34AM 6.72
Low Tide / height (m)						9:51PM 1.30													10:41AM -0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	13	11	11	11	15	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	14	15	16	11
Chill °C (?)	10	12	11	11	11	15	10	10	13	13	11	12	11	10	9	9	11	11	12	14	15	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	17	7	9	9	9	13	9	9	12	12	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	-	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.4 E	2.4 E	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	-	10	10	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	-

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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