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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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Stokksnes, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	5, poor	7 ft13 smushy	1,270kJ	wind from the south-west, 32 knots	8°C
Tue 20Oct	37, fair	7 ft10 ssoft	811kJ	wind from the east, 5 knots	9°C
Wed 21Oct	44, fair	6 ft7 smushy	328kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	6°C
Thu 22Oct	29, too small	4 ft7 smushy	195kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	6°C
Fri 23Oct	39, fair	6 ft8 ssoft	381kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots	6°C
Sat 24Oct	29, too small	5 ft8 smushy	244kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots	4°C
Sun 25Oct	32, too small	5 ft6 smushy	152kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	5°C
Mon 26Oct	26, too small	5 ft7 smushy	187kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 12 knots, offshore	6°C
Tue 27Oct	20, too small	3 ft8 ssoft	129kJ	wind from the north-west, 5 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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Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Stokksnes
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 7 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Stokksnes
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 7 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Stokksnes
Best 08:00 to 11:00 local time: 6 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
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