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Rare day at the wall, Moruya Breakwater

9:02 am 5 May 2012

Ideal conditions for surfing at Mawgan Porth, Cornwall

10:43 am 1 Aug 2011


Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta) ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 5.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 5.0

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Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta) Surf Forecast / Iceland

48hr Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 11 am Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.9
S
0.9
S
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SSW
0.7
SSW
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0.4
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0.8
SE
0.4
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SSW
Period (s) (?) 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 4 14 13 13
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 188 177 139 106 98 68 67 64 43 40 39 26 23 22 24 77 158 183
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE 10
N 5
WNW 10
W 10
SW 10
SW 10
SW 5
W 5
NNW 10
NNW 15
NNW 20
N 15
ENE 20
SE 15
ESE 15
NE 20
NE 20
NE
Wind State (?) cross-
off
cross on on cross-
on
cross-
on
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glass glass cross-
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cross-
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cross off cross-
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off cross-
off
cross-
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta) blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
Tide State (?) ebb low flow high ebb low flow high ebb low flow flow high ebb low flow high ebb
High Tide
/ height (m)



5:28PM
3.78



5:48AM
3.59




6:16PM
3.93



6:36AM
3.64

Low Tide
/ height (m)

11:10AM
0.24



11:43PM
0.28



11:58AM
0.12




12:31AM
0.17



 

Note: the tide data above is for Sandgerði, Iceland which is 22 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta). New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Grindavik Lighthouse ( Hopsnesta) sea temperature is 9.3 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 8.5 max: 10.3 min: 7.1 °C)

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Summary clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear some clouds some clouds clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Temp. °C 13 14 15 13 12 10 10 10 11 13 15 16 13 10 9 8 8 10
Chill °C (?) 12 14 15 12 11 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 12 7 7 6 5 7
Sunrise 3:25 - - - - - - 3:21 - - - - - - - 3:19 - -
Sunset - - - - 23:31 - - - - - - - 23:35 - - - - -
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