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

	Wed	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	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	Mill Bay Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Cannon Beach 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	Ocean Cape Alaska - Mainland
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	1.3 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SSE	2.3 S	1.6 SW	2.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	8	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	7	10	10	8	9	12	8	8	7	12
Energy	1102	1751	475	2244	1627	1155	1262	613	518	358	208	191	168	382	280	417	1542	713	851	195	343	524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:48AM 2.95		11:42PM 5.30	11:19AM 5.44		1:03AM 5.34	9:17AM 2.64		11:12PM 2.54	11:00AM 2.48		11:37PM 2.80	11:47AM 2.67		12:14AM 2.94	1:04PM 2.63			4:20AM 6.50		1:42AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)	12:42AM 1.23		2:04PM -0.03		5:38AM 1.92	6:33PM 0.55			4:27PM 0.21		5:09AM 0.93	5:26PM 0.29		5:48AM 1.12	5:54PM 0.94		7:00AM 0.35	6:56PM 0.52	10:26PM 0.58	10:59AM -0.05	7:33PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	11	-	1	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	-	12	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	5	6	5	5	6	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	5	4	3	4	6	5	2	5	5
Low °C	2	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	4	5	4	2	3	6	3	2	4	4
Chill °C (?)	0	2	4	1	4	2	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	1	-1	-2	3	2	0	3	0
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:53	-	-	9:47	-	-	9:51	-	-	9:53	-	-	10:04	-	-	10:06	-	-	10:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	3.0 S	1.3 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 SSE	2.1 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 SW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	8	15	10	10	8	8	12	8	8	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	1.2 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSE	1.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	21	13	20	19	14	18	7	6	6	16	15	11	15	13	13	6	13	6	6	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 E	1.3 SSE	0.4 WNW	-	-	2.3 S	1.1 SE	2.0 S	-	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	7	4	-	-	9	4	8	-	7	-

	Wed		Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	8PM	11PM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM
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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach 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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11
Energy	246	200	192	480	714	753	728	1306	1020	1329	1364	1211	1810	1627	1435	1240	1163	527	870	853	915	769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:36PM 2.29					9:59AM 5.91				8:55PM 2.25				7:45AM 2.77				10:12PM 2.34		1:03AM 5.34		9:36AM 2.50
Low Tide / height (m)			12:42AM 1.23		4:19AM 1.70			1:43PM 0.61				2:08AM 1.30				2:59PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light snow	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	6	7	7	6	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	4	4
Chill °C (?)	0	0	1	0	-1	-1	0	2	4	5	7	5	4	1	4	5	3	2	-1	1	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Sunset	9:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:57	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	18	11	18	17	20	12	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-

	Wednesday 22	Thursday 23
	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	3PM
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	Bird Point (Tidal Bore) Alaska - Mainland	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach 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	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Fossil Beach Kodiak Alaska - Kodiak Island	Cannon Beach Alaska - Mainland	Graveyards 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	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	3.5 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	11	8	8	7	7	11	11	11	11	7	7	10	10	8	8
Energy	255	251	246	90	197	185	222	2793	192	172	170	154	2249	2193	2056	1923	119	42	701	714	196	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:36PM 2.29				10:26PM 5.53								6:25AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:04PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	5	6
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	1	4	3	-1	0	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	9:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	21	8	8	7	7	11	11	11	11	7	7	10	10	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	18	11	11	11	11	21	21	21	21	12	12	17	17	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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