Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn Surf Break

Lat Long: 63.85° N 21.36° W

Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn sea temperature is
11.2°C
0.8° 

Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn today (17 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn at 10PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.0m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sat morning).

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
3
4
4
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
3
4
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
3
WSW
12
3
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
11
2.2
WSW
11
2.1
SW
11
2
SW
10
1.8
SW
10
1.7
SW
10
1.7
SW
10
1.6
SW
9
1.6
SW
9
1.6
SW
10
1.9
SW
11
2.1
SW
11
2.2
SW
11
2.3
SW
12
2.5
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1550
1912
2455
2100
1545
1176
954
784
609
535
510
449
405
489
844
1027
1110
1447
1883
Wind (km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
10
SW
10
SE
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:23PM2.22m
9:55AM2.31m
10:06PM1.99m
10:58AM2.11m
Low Tide
3:26PM0.80m
3:30AM0.80m
4:12PM1.05m
4:17AM1.02m
5:27PM1.25m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:42
7:37
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
9
9
8
8
8
7
8
8
8
8
9
8
9
9
9
10
10
10
9
Feels °C
2
2
1
2
3
4
5
3
3
4
5
4
6
6
5
7
6
6
6
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Þorlákshöfn or Porlackshofn surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest