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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	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	3	3	0	2	1	4	4	2	4	0	3	5	3	2	2	4	3	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.7 SE	2.5 S	2.5 SW	1.5 S	2.3 S	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 S	3.0 SE	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	6	7	9	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	12	11	10	10	11	13	12	11	9	9	10	9
Energy	87	297	1845	2370	2017	440	1225	1496	450	1146	346	922	1048	2460	320	1374	3111	1778	236	337	448	111
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:33PM 2.76		5:20AM 6.77	3:11PM 2.77	2:39AM 3.37	5:49AM 6.77	6:44PM 6.25		6:18AM 6.69	4:24PM 2.64	3:15AM 3.16	6:49AM 6.51			4:07AM 2.63	5:37PM 1.85			6:08PM 2.34		5:26AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)	8:17AM -0.02		11:36PM 0.71	12:07PM -0.48		8:39PM 0.95	12:39PM -0.51		12:43AM 1.01			9:17PM 1.40		1:45PM -0.22	10:01PM 0.85	11:05AM -0.12		10:34PM 0.95	11:52AM 0.10		11:02PM 1.69	12:40PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	13	2	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	3	5	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	4	6	6	6	6	5	4	5	7	8	5	4	7	6	6	6	3	6	5	3
Low °C	3	2	4	5	6	4	5	5	2	4	5	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	3	5	5	3
Chill °C (?)	1	-2	-1	1	1	3	3	2	4	2	6	6	0	0	3	3	5	4	1	4	3	1
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	10:04	-	-	9:55	-	-	10:15	-	-	10:19	-	-	10:01	-	-	10:22	-	-	10:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	2.5 S	2.5 SW	1.5 S	2.3 S	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 S	3.0 SE	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	16	16	9	9	10	11	10	10	12	11	10	10	11	13	12	11	9	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	16	-	-	-	-	12	20	6	11	18	16	-	16	-	-	15	15	8	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.2 SW	-	-	1.2 E	-	-	-	1.6 ESE	2.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	9	10	9	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30						Friday 01								Saturday 02
	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	2	3	1	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.7 SE	2.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 SW
Period(s)	6	11	6	7	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	11	12
Energy	247	261	141	297	278	445	1845	2439	2058	1942	279	2054	2778	2515	440	1300	391	326	1584	1247	1190	1279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)									5:20AM 6.77			2:45PM 2.77	6:09PM 6.30			2:38AM 2.79				3:22PM 2.73
Low Tide / height (m)		8:17AM -0.02	11:34AM -0.33			8:07PM 0.81	11:36PM 0.71											9:20AM -0.30				9:10PM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-
Temp. °C	5	5	3	2	5	6	4	4	4	5	4	6	5	2	5	4	4	5	5	5	3	6
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	-2	2	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	4	-1	3
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	10:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.0 WSW	2.4 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 SW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 SW
Period (s)	6	11	13	10	10	10	16	13	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 S	-	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S
Period (s)	8	8	14	13	9	9	16	-	-	19	9	-	10	10	-	-	9	9	15	9	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 W	-	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.8 E	1.9 E	-	2.3 SSW	1.9 ESE	-	1.2 SW	2.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	7	10	-	9	10	7	7	-	10	8	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30	Friday 01
	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	4	4	3	0	0	4	4	2	3	1	1	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	4.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.1 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	12	11	6	6	11	11	6	6	6	6	9	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10
Energy	261	139	76	75	260	1408	106	130	141	169	501	2402	333	455	1159	1094	1094	1119	445	2513	2513	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														5:33PM 6.25								2:11AM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)								11:34AM -0.33								7:59PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	1	2	-
High °C	5	5	3	3	5	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	2	2	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	0	-3	-3	-1	-1	-1	0	4	0	0	3
Sunrise	-	6:22	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	12	6	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	9	15	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	10	10	8	8	14	14	14	14	6	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	9	20	20	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	1.7 WSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 W	4.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	11	6	6	6	6	6	9	7	7	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	-

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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