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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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 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach 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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	1.0 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	19	18	18	6	17	17	8	12	12	12	11	15	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	306	207	167	153	97	181	215	419	544	366	236	133	238	289	141	149	195	199	558	344	134	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 2.18	8:53AM 2.45			10:49AM 2.35	2:00PM 4.95					12:46PM 2.70	3:55PM 5.89	1:15AM 2.97	4:21AM 6.36	4:40PM 6.35		4:52AM 6.84	5:23PM 6.71			3:04PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:06AM 1.90				5:03AM 1.26				6:20PM 0.24		6:47AM 0.59			10:51AM 0.27		11:01PM 0.27	11:29AM -0.38		11:38PM 0.16	8:48AM -0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	light snow	light snow	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	7	5	4	1	1	0	2	3	2	5	3	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	3
Low °C	6	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	3
Chill °C (?)	6	5	4	1	-2	-2	-3	0	-2	4	1	-3	2	0	0	1	2	0	-3	0	2	-1
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:24	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.7 WSW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	8	18	6	7	7	8	8	12	12	12	11	8	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	16	6	13	17	17	8	17	8	8	16	14	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.0 W	-	-	0.3 E	1.0 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 NE	1.7 S	0.8 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	3	8	3	3	6	-	-	-	2	4	8	4	-	-

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	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	1.0 W	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	19	19	18	16	18	18	18	18	6	18	18	15	18	6	17	17	16	16	17	9
Energy(?)	393	306	215	126	207	227	118	270	271	264	369	238	97	215	67	181	158	216	148	138	419	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	ebb	low	ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					10:31PM 2.18			8:53AM 2.45										2:00PM 4.95			12:14AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		3:09PM 1.08				3:35AM 1.48				4:45PM 0.43						8:37AM 2.30				9:02PM 1.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light snow
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	6	7	2	4	4	0	3	4	5	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Chill °C (?)	5	6	6	0	3	4	0	3	4	5	4	5	-2	-1	-3	-2	-4	0	-4	-5	-2	-3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 W	1.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	6	8	6	6	6	18	6	7	6	6	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.9 SW	1.0 W
Period (s)	19	19	19	14	18	16	14	18	18	6	18	18	13	15	18	17	17	17	16	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 SE
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	2	-	2

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	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	19	19	14	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	16	19	19	19	19	19	18	16	16
Energy(?)	358	393	393	175	317	310	215	305	215	370	211	278	126	162	131	129	126	126	123	120	191	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												10:46PM 1.92				1:36AM 4.52
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	2	5	5	2	7	7	5	5	5	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	2	4	2	0	6	6	2	4	2	0	3	-1	-3	-2	0	0	0	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:24	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	14	6	9	19	6	6	9	6	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	19	19	8	19	19	14	19	19	19	19	16	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	6	2	5	6	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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