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Grotta surfForecast / Reykjanes Peninsula / Iceland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 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
4.5° C
 (Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Grotta today?

The current surf forecast for Grotta at 11PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
N
1.2
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)12111111555666666665555414131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35333131437888141187193193173140815034179898171514
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
50
N
50
N
45
N
50
NNW
50
NNW
50
N
50
N
45
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
3.06
12:53AM
3.00
1:12PM
2.88
2:06AM
2.96
2:25PM
2.80
3:24AM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
1.40
7:08AM
1.61
7:28PM
1.55
8:29AM
1.69
8:45PM
1.60
9:47AM
1.62
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------11:03-------11:00-------10:57
Sunset4:06-------4:08-------4:12-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C-4-3-4-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-1-1-1-2-2-3-4-4-4-4-3
Feels °C (?)-9-10-12-11-12-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-14-11-10-9-9-9-9-11-9-10-10-9
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