Grotta surfForecast / Reykjanes Peninsula / Iceland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 GMT
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Grotta surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Grotta sea temperature is
10.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Grotta today?

The current surf forecast for Grotta at 8AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

Table - waves today at Grotta. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thu
21
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)888877777777777776666667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9265604431313020191999994444222323
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
SE
10
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
10
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:16AM
2.88
2:01PM
3.16
2:41AM
2.86
3:24PM
3.29
4:01AM
3.00
4:30PM
3.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
1.16
8:34PM
1.24
8:56AM
1.14
9:58PM
1.08
10:11AM
0.95
10:58PM
0.83
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thu
21
Sunrise-5:26-------5:28-------5:31------
Sunset------9:35-------9:30-------9:28-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101011121212121110101011111211101010101112121111
Feels °C (?)99101010121198891010111098891010111010
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Grotta (calm at Grundarhverfi wx 12 km from Grotta). 0.5m 8s swell from the W to make surfable waves.

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NNW
Clean
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