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Hafnir surfForecast / Reykjanes Peninsula / Iceland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Hafnir surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hafnir sea temperature is
5.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Hafnir today?

The current surf forecast for Hafnir at 2PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
7
8
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
2
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121211111111101010978881111111116151616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)678531373273217130126121112122110903617201068114734643329286322255998685190568955
Wind
(km/h)
45
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
SE
20
ESE
35
SE
45
ESE
55
SE
65
SE
65
SE
65
SE
65
SE
65
SE
65
SE
65
SE
60
SE
45
SE
35
SSW
20
S
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
2.72
5:48AM
3.17
6:04PM
2.88
6:25AM
3.35
6:40PM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
0.89
11:29PM
0.75
12:06PM
0.70
12:06AM
0.56
12:40PM
0.53
12:41AM
0.40
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise-10:53-------10:51-------10:48------
Sunset--4:27-------4:30-------4:32-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222223346777777665554
Feels °C (?)-9-9-7-5-6-4-3-3-3-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-7-5-4-1-3
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