Hvítsandar
Ísafjarðarbær, Westfjords Region, Iceland
No photo of Hvítsandar yet.The forecast, tide and cam below are live.
Today at a glance
Calmest: 9 am to 12 pm, sunset 5:30 pm1.9
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
1.0
44 km/h27 mph wind, Poor
1.0
46 km/h28 mph wind, Poor
0.8
43 km/h27 mph wind, Poor
0.7
39 km/h24 mph wind, Poor
0.7
38 km/h24 mph wind, Poor
0.7
37 km/h23 mph wind, Poor
0.6
34 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
0.8
31 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Where to stay near the beach
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 3°C37°F
- Water
- 5°C42°F
- Wind
- 63 km/hmph SSW
- Gusts
- 85 km/hmph
- Waves
- 3.2 m11 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 7%
- Sunset
- 5:30 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 7 am, -<0.1 m<1 ft
- Low 1 pm, -1.0 m3 ft
- High 7 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ft
- Low 1 am, -1.2 m4 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun2.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 90%
- Mon0.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 50 km/h31 mph, rain 87%
- Tue0.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 52 km/h32 mph, rain 93%
- Wed0.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 45 km/h28 mph, rain 53%
- Thu3.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 54%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
Facilities
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- 47 km29 miGjögursflugvöllur (GJR)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Meleyri21 km13 mi west away2.8 Poor later