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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	Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	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	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape 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	Cannon Beach 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
Rating	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.3 ESE
Period(s)	10	10	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	7	6	8	8	10	10	8	7	7	7	7	8	7
Energy	302	347	190	245	1967	1103	934	622	524	621	597	645	271	727	648	91	99	172	139	734	985	689
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:40AM 3.66		5:52PM 6.60	2:21AM 3.80	5:33AM 7.39	6:41PM 6.67		6:18AM 7.42		7:30PM 6.59	7:06AM 7.25		8:21PM 6.39		6:21PM 2.61	9:16PM 6.14	8:52AM 6.43		10:14PM 5.90	9:55AM 5.91		11:17PM 5.74
Low Tide / height (m)		8:30AM -0.61		8:16PM 0.82	12:31PM -1.49		12:39AM 0.64		1:17PM -1.53	1:27AM 0.75		2:06PM -1.35	2:17AM 0.93	11:44AM -0.55		3:13AM 1.16		3:53PM -0.52		4:16AM 1.37	4:53PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	7	7	9	7	8	6	5	5	6	8	9	9	7	6	6	5	6	8	7	6	6	5
Low °C	6	6	8	7	7	6	4	5	6	5	8	7	4	5	6	5	5	7	5	6	5	4
Chill °C (?)	5	6	7	4	8	4	2	3	4	6	6	7	5	4	4	1	2	5	3	2	2	1
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:45	-	-	10:46	-	-	10:49	-	-	10:52	-	-	10:58	-	-	10:57	-	-	10:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	7	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	10	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.3 S	0.9 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	17	16	16	16	14	8	8	8	13	14	15	7	6	13	7	7	6	8	10	15	17	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 E	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	8	7	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	7

	Fri	Saturday 16	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	7PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape 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	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.3 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 S	1.0 S	2.2 E	3.0 E	0.9 SSW	5.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 S
Period(s)	8	18	10	10	10	10	16	7	6	7	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	10
Energy	67	85	302	315	309	347	160	190	664	1392	245	4314	3486	1967	1512	1103	967	959	934	1446	1481	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	5:05PM 6.36		1:40AM 3.66						5:52PM 6.60				5:33AM 7.39				6:41PM 6.67			3:05AM 3.83
Low Tide / height (m)						8:30AM -0.61	11:46AM -1.21								12:31PM -1.49				12:39AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	7	7	6	7	7	8	9	8	7	6	6	7	8	6	6	5	5	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	5	5	6	7	6	6	4	5	7	4	4	0	0	2	8	4	4	2	2	6	6	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	-	10:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:46	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 S	1.8 S	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 S
Period (s)	8	7	10	10	10	10	6	7	8	8	9	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	17	17	16	16	16	16	7	16	16	15	15	14	13	8	9	9	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	3.0 E	0.8 SE	5.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	4	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM
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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 S	1.1 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	18	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	10	16	16
Energy	74	67	67	67	85	85	358	312	302	298	319	315	350	318	309	308	306	347	129	335	160	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:05PM 6.36							1:40AM 3.66
Low Tide / height (m)																8:30AM -0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	6	5	5	5	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	10:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.9 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	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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