Breidavik, Iceland

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Reykjavik, is 197 km away. Nearest airport: IFJ (IFJ), 80 km.

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About Breidavik

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

The spot faces NW (304°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (124°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–17 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 900 m out (1 in 88). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 3°C in February, 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, Reykjavik, is 197 km away. Nearest airport: IFJ (IFJ), 80 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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From Chicago: about 13 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. 3 h 40 from the airport to Breidavik.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Reykjavik, is 197 km away. Nearest airport: IFJ (IFJ), 80 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 Breidavik, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	21, poor	15 ft11 ssoft	4,806kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 24 knots	6°C
Tue 20Oct	62, good	11 ft9 ssoft	1,724kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 14 knots, offshore	4°C
Wed 21Oct	39, fair	6 ft8 smushy	434kJ	wind from the east, 6 knots	3°C
Thu 22Oct	58, good	11 ft9 ssoft	1,832kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 5 knots, offshore	3°C
Fri 23Oct	52, good	10 ft9 ssoft	1,606kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	3°C
Sat 24Oct	50, good	7 ft8 ssoft	593kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots, offshore	2°C
Sun 25Oct	25, too small	4 ft7 smushy	149kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	1°C
Mon 26Oct	30, poor	6 ft7 smushy	393kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots	4°C
Tue 27Oct	18, too small	4 ft6 smushy	84kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	4°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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
Direct flight ORD to KEF, then 3h 40 by road. About 13h 55 door to door
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Breidavik
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, wind 6 kn (10 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Breidavik
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 11 ft at 9 s, offshore wind.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Breidavik
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 10 ft at 9 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Breidavik
Best 07:00 to 10:00 local time: 7 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
Direct flight ORD to KEF, then 3h 40 by road. About 13h 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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