Alaska Surf

Detailed Alaska 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. 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. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Alaska over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Alaska and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Alaska Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) 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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island
Rating	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.6 NE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	0.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	7	10	10	10	7	9	10	10	9	12	11	10	10	9	8	10	11	10	9	8
Energy(?)	664	584	76	515	354	133	198	569	1002	877	233	297	733	371	163	96	74	542	1038	101	180	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:39PM 2.76	12:32PM 2.42		3:13AM 5.98		4:17PM 6.16	12:49AM 3.01	1:47PM 2.87	4:52PM 6.55	1:36AM 3.10		1:52PM 2.95		5:28AM 6.87	2:43PM 3.17	2:30AM 3.09		2:44PM 3.13	3:28AM 2.45		3:33PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:49AM 0.08	5:57PM 1.15	9:30PM 1.83	10:06AM 0.26			7:24AM -0.04			7:56AM -0.07		11:40PM 0.35	11:54AM -0.06		8:23PM 0.70	8:37AM 0.69		9:18PM 0.01	9:23AM 0.20		9:51PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	1	6	-	-	-	15	13	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	6	1	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	7	9	8
Low °C	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	11	9	7	8	6
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	11	11	10	11	12	8	8	11	12	10	11	9	9	11	12	8	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.6 NE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	1.6 ESE	2.1 E	1.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	7	10	10	6	7	9	10	10	9	9	11	10	10	9	8	10	11	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 ESE	0.8 S	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 NNE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	8	8	15	10	10	9	7	14	13	7	12	6	16	6	4	6	8	10	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNE	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.5 N	0.3 WNW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	2	3	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska	Cannon Beach 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	7	9	10	10	10	11	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	923	618	503	941	694	300	648	934	188	621	219	343	484	505	262	407	329	304	198	187	151	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:39PM 2.76		1:56AM 5.64			12:32PM 2.42				11:43PM 2.43				1:13PM 2.65				12:43AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)						9:12AM 0.58											6:26PM 1.31					7:21AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	6	1	1	-	-	-	8	12	-	8	-	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	10	9	11	11	10	11	12	11	10	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	11	10	8	7	10	9	7	11	12	11	10	11	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47
Sunset	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	7	10	10	10	10	11	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	17	17	16	16	21	8	8	11	12	6	8	7	5	7	10	9	7	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	1.8 E	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	0.2 S	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	1.1 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	5	6	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Alaska	Cannon Beach 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	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards Alaska - Mainland	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 ESE	0.9 S	1.2 E	0.6 SW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	5	8	8	9	8	5	5	8	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1150	1020	923	1041	972	882	590	525	664	162	219	30	823	782	277	74	37	37	108	88	87	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					12:26PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)					8:13PM 2.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	10	12	11	12	10	10	11	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	9	8	9	9	10	11	9	9	9	8	9	12	11	11	9	9	11	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:34	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 ESE	0.9 S	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	5	16	16	8	5	5	5	16	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 WNW	-	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	2	-	8	8	3	-	-	-	3	3	3	3

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