Cannon Beach Surf Report & Ideal Conditions
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Cannon Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
| Ideal wave height | 2–4 ft |
| Ideal period | short-period (under 8s) |
| Best swell direction | W |
| Best wind | glassy / no wind from the N |
| Best tide | high & incoming |
These best-conditions estimates come from real sessions LazySurfer users rated highly at this break — not an editorial guess (high-confidence read). In the app, LazySurfer's custom deep-learning model predicts your own 1–5★ rating at about 90% exact-match accuracy (97.6% within one star). How LazySurfer works →
Current conditions
Latest reading from the nearest NOAA buoys (UTC 2026-07-15 11:00 UTC). LazySurfer reads this same public NDBC data directly — no proprietary smoothing. New to buoy data? See how to read a NOAA buoy.
| Wave height | 3.0 ft |
| Dominant period | 8s |
| Swell direction | W (277°) |
| Wave buoy | NDBC station 46278 (22 mi away) |
| Wind | 5 kt from the WNW — NDBC ASTO3 (24 mi away) |
Cannon Beach 7-day surf forecast
Model wave & wind outlook for Cannon Beach from NOAA's GEFS-Wave model, refreshed daily. Heights are open-water swell (face heights at the break are typically larger).
| Day | Swell height | Period & direction | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed Jul 15 | 3–4 ft | 18s WSW | 7 kt NNW |
| Thu Jul 16 | 4 ft | 17s WSW | 13 kt SSW |
| Fri Jul 17 | 4–5 ft | 16s W | 8 kt NW |
| Sat Jul 18 | 5 ft | 15s W | 11 kt N |
| Sun Jul 19 | 5 ft | 10s WNW | 8 kt N |
| Mon Jul 20 | 4–5 ft | 9s WNW | 6 kt WNW |
| Tue Jul 21 | 4 ft | 13s WSW | 8 kt SW |
Tide
Predicted tide for the next two days from NOAA station 9437540 (Garibaldi), the nearest tide station (23 mi away). Times local.
- 2026-06-06 04:36 — High 6.85 ft
- 2026-06-06 11:26 — Low 0.09 ft
- 2026-06-06 18:30 — High 6.455 ft
- 2026-06-06 23:53 — Low 3.436 ft
- 2026-06-07 05:32 — High 6.34 ft
- 2026-06-07 12:10 — Low 0.503 ft
Frequently asked
Is Cannon Beach good for surfing right now?
As of the latest buoy reading (2026-07-15 11:00 UTC), Cannon Beach is looking good: the live 2–4 ft short-period swell from the W matches its ideal W direction and is in its ideal size range, and the wind is light from the NW.
Where does LazySurfer's surf data for Cannon Beach come from?
LazySurfer reads public data directly from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center and the National Weather Service — the nearest NDBC wave buoy (station 46278) and the nearest NOAA tide station (Garibaldi). The same raw readings NOAA publishes, with no proprietary smoothing.
What are the best surf conditions for Cannon Beach?
Cannon Beach is most often good on a 2–4 ft short-period (under 8s) swell from the W, with glassy / no wind from the N, on a high incoming tide — the conditions LazySurfer surfers have logged and rated highest across the surrounding region.
Does LazySurfer predict whether Cannon Beach is good for me?
Yes. LazySurfer trains a custom deep-learning model — a PyTorch neural network with per-user embeddings, retrained weekly on real logged surf sessions from the LazySurfer community — to predict the 1-to-5 star rating you personally would give, rather than a single average rating for everyone.
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