Tjornuvik Bay, Faroe Islands

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lerwick, is 399 km away. Nearest airport: FAE (FAE), 26 km.

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About Tjornuvik Bay

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

The spot faces N (5°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (185°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–18 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). 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 11°C in August, its warmest (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lerwick, is 399 km away. Nearest airport: FAE (FAE), 26 km.

Water about 10°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 18 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FAE, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG).
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Tjornuvik Bay.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Lerwick, is 399 km away. Nearest airport: FAE (FAE), 26 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 Tjornuvik Bay, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	57, good	10 ft11 shollow	2,063kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 21 knots, offshore	10°C
Mon 19Oct	65, good	15 ft11 shollow	5,023kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 20 knots, offshore	10°C
Tue 20Oct	63, good	10 ft10 shollow	1,783kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 16 knots, offshore	10°C
Wed 21Oct	49, good	7 ft10 shollow	815kJ	wind from the south-east, 13 knots, offshore	10°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	6 ft8 shollow	399kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots	6°C
Fri 23Oct	42, fair	6 ft9 shollow	503kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	6°C
Sat 24Oct	49, good	7 ft9 shollow	627kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots, offshore	6°C
Sun 25Oct	4, too small	3 ft8 smushy	105kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	8°C
Mon 26Oct	37, fair	6 ft8 shollow	395kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	6°C
Tue 27Oct	18, too small	4 ft8 shollow	238kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	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.

Your trip, day by day

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to FAE, changing at CDG, then 45 min by road. About 18h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Tjornuvik Bay
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 10 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Tjornuvik Bay
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 21 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Tjornuvik Bay
Best 15:00 to 18:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Tjornuvik Bay
Best 12:00 to 15:00 local time: 7 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to FAE, changing at CDG, then 45 min by road. About 18h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £655–£1,270 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 FAE, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£355–£735
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£45–£75
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£655–£1,270

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

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