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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Alaska Mainland Wavefinder

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	Thu		Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Monashka Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	1	1	0	1	0	3	3	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	1.4 S	1.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 SSW	2.3 SE	2.3 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s)	8	7	4	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	9	7	7	17	8	8	8	8	12	8
Energy	279	120	18	84	109	810	1144	1761	1899	515	412	197	474	509	843	171	311	309	189	163	237	186
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:05PM 2.27	6:15AM 2.52		8:30PM 2.04	7:20AM 2.32		9:33PM 2.13	8:07AM 2.42		1:20AM 5.10	10:03AM 2.17	1:12PM 4.83	11:07PM 2.56			11:45PM 2.86	11:50AM 2.59		12:23AM 3.15		4:16PM 6.00
Low Tide / height (m)		11:51PM 1.79	1:34PM 0.27		1:34AM 1.39		2:34PM 0.34	3:03AM 1.28		6:47PM 1.29					8:44AM 1.33	5:18PM 0.49		5:44AM 0.90	6:04PM 0.57		10:18AM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	18	-	1	-	13	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	2	4	7	4	5	5	4	6	4	5	6	6	8	8	6	7	6	6	5	7
Low °C	6	5	2	2	6	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	6	6	5	6	5	7	6	5	5	7
Chill °C (?)	2	5	-2	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	-1	5	4	1	4	5	2	3	3	5	3	5
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	10:28	-	-	10:24	-	-	10:27	-	-	10:35	-	-	10:37	-	-	10:39	-	-	10:19	-	-	10:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	1.4 S	1.3 ESE	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	0.2 S	1.6 SSE	0.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	8	7	4	6	9	11	11	11	11	11	9	6	9	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.4 NE	0.1 S	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.2 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	8	6	10	7	7	19	8	10	20	10	8	19	16	18	17	7	16	6	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	1.8 NNE	1.4 E	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	2.3 SE	2.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	3	7	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	8	6	7	-

	Thursday 07				Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sun
	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period(s)	8	7	14	7	7	14	14	14	9	10	9	9	9	9	12	10	10	12	11	12	11	11
Energy	80	96	200	145	120	97	115	107	311	84	201	270	275	740	825	1490	1895	804	3021	3863	1761	2836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 2.07				6:15AM 2.52					8:30PM 2.04	11:17PM 4.80							9:33PM 2.13	12:22AM 4.86
Low Tide / height (m)					12:20AM 1.38						4:34PM 0.99				5:06AM 2.42			2:06PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light snow	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	4	-	2	3	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	4	2	4	6	4	6	2	7	8	5	8	8	4	4
Chill °C (?)	2	3	5	5	3	3	3	4	-1	-1	1	2	0	2	-4	3	3	2	4	4	0	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SE	0.7 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 S	2.3 S	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	9	6	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 ESE	-	-	1.9 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	14	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	10	10	18	18	10	12	7	18	18	10	-	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 E	0.3 NE	1.1 E	1.6 SSE	0.9 NNE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	2.3 E
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	2	6	9	4	10	10	-	11	12	-	9

	Thursday 07	Friday 08
	11AM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period(s)	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	14	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	10	14	14	12	12
Energy	99	68	368	322	294	279	279	200	81	61	60	145	60	53	65	45	39	83	40	40	26	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													10:15PM 4.94							6:15AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)														12:20AM 1.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	3	2
Chill °C (?)	0	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	2	1	1	5	1	3	0	2	3	0	3	3	0	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.6 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	10	8	7	4	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	14	10	16	16	16	16	16	8	9	13	13	8	13	8	13	8	7	7	7	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	3	-	-	5	-	-	4	4

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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