Icelands Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on the cards for Icelands.

Right off the bat, we’ve got a solid pulse of SSW groundswell rolling in on Monday the 20th of July. The morning session sees a clean 5.6 ft wave with a super long 17-second period, and the combined energy is pumping at 1688 (strong energy). The wind is light and offshore from the ESE, so the reef break is looking clean and powerful. This is proper, expert-level stuff – not one for the beginners. The water temp is about average for the time of year, so no surprises there.

The surf drops off pretty quickly after that initial pulse. The swell backs down through the rest of the week, with the wind staying mostly cross-off from the SE, which keeps the surface tidy but the waves lose their grunt. Periods drop into the 10-14 second range, and the energy fades into the low hundreds. There’s a brief uptick on Thursday afternoon the 23rd with a 5.2 ft S swell, but the period is a short 10 seconds, so it’s not going to have the same shape or punch as the Monday morning.

We then hit a quiet stretch from the end of July into the first week of August. The swell is small, mostly under 3.3 ft, and the energy is weak. But hold on – the real standout is shaping up from Thursday the 30th of July. It starts to build again, with a 2.3 ft, 19-second groundswell on Thursday morning, and the energy jumps to 617 (moderate). The winds go glassy, which is a dream.

Then Friday the 31st of July and into the weekend look absolutely firing. We’re talking about a 3.9 ft to 5.2 ft SW swell, with periods holding at 15-17 seconds, and the energy is strong (over 1000). The wind is glassy or near-calm, the conditions are clean, and the break is exposed to the SSW swell direction, which matches the optimum. This is the best on offer – a true window of world-class conditions for the experienced crew. It’s a long-range call, so stay hopeful, but the signs are all there.

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