Stokksnes, Iceland

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Akureyrarb R, is 218 km away. Nearest airport: HFN (HFN), 14 km.

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

The spot faces SE (152°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (332°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 56). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 6°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 10°C in July, 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, Akureyrarb R, is 218 km away. Nearest airport: HFN (HFN), 14 km.

Water about 8°C: 5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Stokksnes, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, poor	4 ft14 smushy	625kJ	wind from the south-west, 32 knots	8°C
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	12 ft10 smushy	2,557kJ	wind from the south-west, 29 knots	8°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 ssoft	779kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	7°C
Wed 21Oct	33, poor	5 ft9 ssoft	385kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots, offshore	6°C
Thu 22Oct	23, poor	4 ft9 smushy	250kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	7°C
Fri 23Oct	17, poor	6 ft8 smushy	358kJ	wind from the north, 9 knots, offshore	7°C
Sat 24Oct	45, fair	5 ft8 ssoft	290kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots	3°C
Sun 25Oct	62, good	4 ft8 ssoft	212kJ	wind from the north, 19 knots, offshore	4°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	8 ft8 smushy	762kJ	wind from the north, 8 knots	8°C
Tue 27Oct	43, fair	3 ft8 ssoft	126kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 7 knots, offshore	7°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.

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Stokksnes
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 34 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Stokksnes
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Stokksnes
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 5 ft at 8 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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