Dálkur, Iceland

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Akureyrarb R, is 215 km away. Nearest airport: HFN (HFN), 41 km.

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

The spot faces E (111°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (291°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 2.1 km out (1 in 208). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 5°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 9°C in July, its warmest (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, July and August, 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 215 km away. Nearest airport: HFN (HFN), 41 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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Dálkur does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Dálkur, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	10, poor	4 ft10 ssoft	243kJ	wind from the south-west, 28 knots	8°C
Tue 20Oct	32, poor	4 ft9 ssoft	191kJ	wind from the south-east, 2 knots	9°C
Wed 21Oct	29, poor	4 ft6 smushy	144kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 5 knots	6°C
Thu 22Oct	56, good	4 ft7 smushy	148kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 7 knots	6°C
Fri 23Oct	55, good	4 ft8 smushy	172kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots, offshore	6°C
Sat 24Oct	41, fair	3 ft7 smushy	105kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, offshore	4°C
Sun 25Oct	56, good	5 ft7 smushy	162kJ	wind from the north-west, 18 knots, offshore	5°C
Mon 26Oct	36, fair	4 ft7 smushy	177kJ	wind from the north, 13 knots	6°C
Tue 27Oct	47, fair	3 ft6 smushy	52kJ	wind from the north-west, 11 knots, offshore	5°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
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Wed 21 Oct
Surf Dálkur
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 5 kn (10 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Dálkur
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Dálkur
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Dálkur
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Sun 25 Oct
Surf Dálkur
Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 5 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Mon 26 Oct
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