Brimurð, Iceland

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Vík, is 63 km away. Nearest airport: RKV (RKV), 115 km.

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About Brimurð

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (137°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (317°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 8). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 7°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 12°C in August, its warmest (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Vík, is 63 km away. Nearest airport: RKV (RKV), 115 km.

Water about 9°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 12 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to KEF, direct. About 8 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 2 h 35 from the airport to Brimurð.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Vík, is 63 km away. Nearest airport: RKV (RKV), 115 km.
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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Brimurð, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	8, poor	11 ft11 smushy	2,745kJ	wind from the south, 30 knots	10°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	17 ft10 shollow	5,517kJ	wind from the south-west, 27 knots	9°C
Tue 20Oct	29, poor	10 ft9 shollow	1,438kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 6 knots	8°C
Wed 21Oct	57, good	8 ft9 shollow	803kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots, offshore	5°C
Thu 22Oct	20, poor	6 ft9 shollow	617kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	7°C
Fri 23Oct	42, fair	7 ft8 shollow	574kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 2 knots	6°C
Sat 24Oct	15, too small	5 ft7 shollow	208kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots	6°C
Sun 25Oct	28, too small	4 ft8 shollow	209kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 19 knots, offshore	4°C
Mon 26Oct	25, too small	4 ft9 shollow	247kJ	wind from the north, 14 knots, offshore	6°C
Tue 27Oct	24, too small	4 ft8 shollow	158kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots, offshore	6°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to KEF, then 2h 35 by road. About 12h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Brimurð
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 10 ft at 9 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Brimurð
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Brimurð
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 8 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 24 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to KEF, then 2h 35 by road. About 12h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £640–£1,225 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to KEF, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bag	£315–£650
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£640–£1,225

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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