But it's not like anything you've see anywhere else - unless you visit areas with bore tides..the whole thing was a surprise to me.
Surfing the Alaskan tidal bore wave can be a 20 minute ride on a single wave, but there is only one daytime wave a day. If you fall off your board, it will take about 24 hours to try again - if the moon and tides allow.
The best bore wave in Alaska (there are two in Alaska and 60 worldwide) is at Turnagain Arm outside of Anchorage. There are several good viewpoints on the Bay, but stay off the mudflats- people get stuck and drown in the waves. Yuk!
Bore tide surfing is less dramatic and technical than traditional if wave surfing, ut practitioners look like they are having a great time. Suit up, ride the one wave, have fun, and then go home. Plus, no crowds.
Read about bore waves here (science related): Alaska.org
Information and a video from Alaska.org: Alaska Bore Tide
First-person video on surfing the Turnagain bore wave. Extreme Alaska Bore Tide Surfing
Watch a PBS short video from Indie Alaska, about one person's experience searching for waves and surfing all over the state: I Am A Surfer
Drone view (beautiful, not experiential): Alaska Bore Tide Madness
KTVA News story: Alaska's bore tide attracts surfers from all over the world
The Go-Pro video (music questionable): SUP Surfing in Alaska
There are dozens if not hundreds of videos of the bore tide experience on YouTube if you want more.
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