About Yakutat

Yakutat is a town in Alaska, United States. From Yakutat you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Yakutat, a surf spot 1.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is YAK, 6 km away.

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Staying in Yakutat

10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: YAK, 6 km, HNS, 241 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Yakutat.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

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Yakutat1.2 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

7 ft415 kJ

4 ft113 kJ

9 ft1026 kJ

14 ft2787 kJ

8 ft702 kJ

4 ft128 kJ

2 ft34 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Yakutat, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	47, fair	7 ft7 shollow	415kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	8°C
Mon 19Oct	28, too small	4 ft6 shollow	113kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 10 knots, offshore	8°C
Tue 20Oct	28, poor	9 ft9 shollow	1,026kJ	wind from the south-east, 29 knots, offshore	11°C
Wed 21Oct	66, good	14 ft9 shollow	2,787kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 15 knots, offshore	4°C
Thu 22Oct	62, good	8 ft8 shollow	702kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots, offshore	6°C
Fri 23Oct	19, too small	4 ft7 shollow	128kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots	6°C
Sat 24Oct	8, too small	2 ft7 shollow	34kJ	wind from the north, 4 knots	6°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Yakutat, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near Yakutat

Alaska Fish'n Snooze Bed & BreakfastBreakfast and brunch · 1.2 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Yakutat, United States