About This Spot
Gustafson Spit / Anders Beach, Alaska (USA) is one of the world's premier wind-sports destinations, located in Alaska (USA).
Situated in North America, the spot offers Shallow and Flat water conditions, making it ideal for experienced riders pushing their limits.
With SE–SW winds throughout the season, Gustafson Spit / Anders Beach, Alaska (USA) delivers the kind of sessions that keep riders coming back year after year.
Why Riders Love It
Dominant ENE winds through the winter when it's probably iced anyway, WSW day breeze in the summer. Systems usually blow SE/SW. Every wind coming off the water is clean, except the offshore NW and N wind. Since it's a sheltered spit almost every direction is ridable.
When to Go
The water gets warm, about 60°F during the summer on an outgoing tide. Filled with ice floes from November through April. A wetsuit or drysuit is definitely needed even though the water can get pretty warm, you want one so that you can ride the cold water on the other side of Homer Spit on the low tide. It rains a lot but not hard.
What to Expect
This water is only choppy in high winds as the fetch is about 8 miles to the east, usually very flat is it's protected on 3 sides. No real waves, just chop. Tides range up to 30 feet - Anders's beach is ridable starting with +12 tides up to the +22. Tide goes out a mile or more. The water can be shallow at times, or deep. A few reefs ENE about a half mile, otherwise just a few small rocks and lots of flat soft sand/mud bottom for miles.
Wind & Conditions
SE · SW
Best wind direction
Dominant ENE winds through the winter when it's probably iced anyway, WSW day breeze in the summer. Systems usually blow SE/SW. Every wind coming off the water is clean, except the offshore NW and N wind. Since it's a sheltered spit almost every direction is ridable.
Best Months
Water Conditions
This water is only choppy in high winds as the fetch is about 8 miles to the east, usually very flat is it's protected on 3 sides. No real waves, just chop. Tides range up to 30 feet - Anders's beach is ridable starting with +12 tides up to the +22. Tide goes out a mile or more. The water can be shallow at times, or deep. A few reefs ENE about a half mile, otherwise just a few small rocks and lots of flat soft sand/mud bottom for miles.
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Facilities & Access
📍 Getting There
🚶Short walk to the beach
South from Anchorage 200 miles, left on Kachemak Drive, go a half mile and go right on the unmarked dirt road across from the airport. Park at the bottom of the bluff and launch from Gustafson Spit on your right.
Location
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