Rule
Dramatic Seascapes
Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Arnarstapi, Iceland Coast
Hellnar, West, Iceland
Arnarstapi’s eroded basalt coast forms arches, columned coves, and nesting ledges immediately below the village. The natural stone bridge at Gatklettur provides an intimate frame, while clear inland views rise to the ice-capped Snæfellsjökull cone.
20 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.
Hourly forecast scores
Forecast valid from Sep 20, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC (one hour; not an observation)Wave Height1.5m
Swell Height1.5m
Wind Speed5.6m/s
Wind Gusts8.3m/s
Cloud Cover0%
Visibility28380
Upcoming Opportunities
When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.
Times shown in Atlantic/Reykjavik
First upcoming window
Dramatic Seascape at Sunrise
Arnarstapi
Sun, Sep 20 · 07:00–09:00 · 2h window
Low confidence
40%
🌊Coastal Drama Score49.9-57.9%
Wave Height: 2.0m
Swell Height: 2.0m
Wind Speed: 8.2m/s (moderate winds)
Wind Gusts: 11.3m/s
Dramatic Seascape
Arnarstapi
Sun, Sep 20 · 09:00–14:00
🌊Coastal Drama Score:50.4-71.5%
Low
Moderate Seascape
Arnarstapi
Mon, Sep 21 · 05:00–06:00
🌊Coastal Drama Score:49.3%
Low
Moderate Seascape at Sunrise
Arnarstapi
Mon, Sep 21 · 06:00–09:00
🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.5-49.9%
Low
Dramatic Seascape
Arnarstapi
Mon, Sep 21 · 09:00–15:00
🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.5-56.7%
Low
Moderate Seascape
Arnarstapi
Mon, Sep 21 · 18:00–19:00
🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.6%
Low
Moderate Seascape
Arnarstapi
Mon, Sep 21 · 21:00–22:00
🌊Coastal Drama Score:48.5%
Low
+13 more windows in the next 14 days
72-hour requirements breakdown
When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Atlantic/Reykjavik.
Most common blockers
Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.
- Coastal Drama Score42% of hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time Atlantic/Reykjavik | Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0% |
|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 20 | |
| Rule fails. 05:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 41%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 06:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 07:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 08:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 58%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 09:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 56%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 10:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 56%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 11:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 58%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 12:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 72%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 13:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 14:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 15:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 36%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 16:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 35%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 17:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 33%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 18:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 33%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 19:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 30%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 20:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 21:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 31%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 22:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 28%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 23:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement |
| Mon, Sep 21 | |
| Rule fails. 24:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 34%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 01:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 31%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 02:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 33%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 03:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 34%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 04:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 05:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 06:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 07:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 08:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 09:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 10:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 11:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 12:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 57%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 13:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 14:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 15:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 16:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 17:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 18:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 19:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 20:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 21:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 22:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 23:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement |
| Tue, Sep 22 | |
| Rule fails. 24:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 01:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 02:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 03:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 04:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 05:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 06:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 53%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 07:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 08:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 09:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 10:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 45%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 11:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 12:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 55%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 13:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 14:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 15:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 16:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 45%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 17:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 18:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 19:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 41%. Misses requirement |
| Rule fails. 20:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 21:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement |
| Rule fails. 22:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 38%. Misses requirement |
| Rule passes. 23:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement |
| Wed, Sep 23 | |
| Rule passes. 24:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 01:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 54%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 02:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 52%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 03:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 56%. Meets requirement |
| Rule passes. 04:00 | Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement |
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).
Supporting forecast inputs
Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.
| Forecast time (Atlantic/Reykjavik) | High Clouds | Low Clouds | Mid-Level Clouds | Primary Swell Height | Primary Wave Direction | Significant Wave Height | Total Cloud Coverage | Wind Direction | Wind Gusts | Wind Speed | Wind Wave Height | Wind Wave Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 20, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | ||||||||||||
| Night | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.5m | 60° | 1.5m | 0% | 280° | 8.3m/s | 5.6m/s | 1.5m | 9.3s |
| Night | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.6m | 60° | 1.6m | 0% | 272° | 7.6m/s | 6m/s | 2.1m | 9.4s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 18% | 1.8m | 60° | 1.9m | 100% | 253° | 8.3m/s | 6.1m/s | 2.3m | 9.5s |
| 0% | 3% | 3% | 2m | 60° | 2m | 6% | 259° | 11m/s | 8.2m/s | 2.5m | 9.6s | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 2.2m | 60° | 2.2m | 0% | 244° | 12m/s | 7.6m/s | 2.7m | 9.7s | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 2.3m | 60° | 2.3m | 0% | 237° | 11m/s | 7m/s | 2.8m | 9.8s | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 2.4m | 60° | 2.5m | 0% | 227° | 10m/s | 4.9m/s | 3m | 10s | |
| 7% | 54% | 0% | 2.5m | 60° | 2.5m | 58% | 211° | 8.4m/s | 5.5m/s | 3.1m | 10s | |
| 12% | 1% | 0% | 1.8m | 60° | 2.7m | 13% | 209° | 8.6m/s | 4.4m/s | 3.1m | 10s | |
| 99% | 79% | 0% | 1m | 60° | 2.9m | 100% | 196° | 8.4m/s | 5.3m/s | 3.1m | 10s | |
| 100% | 79% | 0% | 0.24m | 60° | 3.1m | 100% | 186° | 8.2m/s | 4.4m/s | 3.1m | 10s | |
| 100% | 93% | 60% | 0.24m | 59° | 3m | 100% | 171° | 6.9m/s | 3.6m/s | 3m | 10s | |
| 95% | 100% | 91% | 0.24m | 58° | 3m | 100% | 165° | 5.8m/s | 4m/s | 3m | 10s | |
| 100% | 96% | 100% | 0.24m | 57° | 3m | 100% | 162° | 6.3m/s | 4.2m/s | 3m | 10s | |
| 100% | 1% | 100% | 0.24m | 57° | 2.8m | 100% | 131° | 5.8m/s | 3.7m/s | 2.8m | 9.9s | |
| Night | 55% | 100% | 95% | 0.25m | 58° | 2.7m | 100% | 128° | 5.9m/s | 4.2m/s | 2.7m | 9.7s |
| Night | 1% | 100% | 89% | 0.25m | 58° | 2.6m | 100% | 125° | 5.9m/s | 4.4m/s | 2.6m | 9.4s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 98% | 0.24m | 59° | 2.6m | 100% | 113° | 7m/s | 5.3m/s | 2.6m | 9.2s |
| Night | 33% | 100% | 100% | 0.24m | 60° | 2.6m | 100% | 114° | 9.3m/s | 7m/s | 2.6m | 9.1s |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | ||||||||||||
| Night | 100% | 100% | 99% | 0.23m | 61° | 2.7m | 100% | 96° | 9.6m/s | 6.5m/s | 2.7m | 8.9s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.2m | 62° | 2.8m | 100% | 87° | 9.8m/s | 6.6m/s | 2.8m | 8.9s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.18m | 62° | 2.9m | 100% | 80° | 12m/s | 6.8m/s | 2.9m | 9s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.15m | 63° | 3m | 100% | 83° | 12m/s | 7.5m/s | 3m | 9s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 100% | 1.1m | 64° | 3m | 100% | 85° | 12m/s | 7.9m/s | 2.2m | 9.2s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 100% | 2m | 64° | 3m | 100% | 83° | 12m/s | 8.7m/s | 1.3m | 9.4s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 100% | 3m | 65° | 3m | 100% | 79° | 12m/s | 8.2m/s | 0.41m | 9.6s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 100% | 3m | 66° | 3m | 100% | 89° | 12m/s | 8.1m/s | 0.54m | 9.8s |
| 64% | 100% | 100% | 3m | 66° | 3.1m | 100% | 100° | 13m/s | 8.9m/s | 0.66m | 10s | |
| 1% | 100% | 100% | 3m | 67° | 3.1m | 100% | 140° | 14m/s | 10m/s | 0.79m | 10s | |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | 3.1m | 66° | 3.2m | 100% | 156° | 15m/s | 10m/s | 0.72m | 10s | |
| 0% | 100% | 100% | 3.2m | 66° | 3.3m | 100% | 155° | 14m/s | 10m/s | 0.64m | 10s | |
| 53% | 100% | 100% | 3.3m | 66° | 3.4m | 100% | 150° | 15m/s | 10m/s | 0.57m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 0% | 3.4m | 67° | 3.4m | 100% | 180° | 15m/s | 8.2m/s | 0.58m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 0% | 3.4m | 69° | 3.5m | 100% | 189° | 11m/s | 7.5m/s | 0.58m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 0% | 3.5m | 70° | 3.6m | 100% | 177° | 11m/s | 7.7m/s | 0.59m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 100% | 3.5m | 71° | 3.5m | 100% | 146° | 11m/s | 4.9m/s | 0.43m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 100% | 3.5m | 71° | 3.5m | 100% | 138° | 13m/s | 8.9m/s | 0.27m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 0% | 3.5m | 71° | 3.5m | 100% | 172° | 18m/s | 11m/s | 0.11m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 100% | 3.3m | 71° | 3.3m | 100% | 170° | 14m/s | 10m/s | 0.25m | 11s | |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 100% | 3m | 71° | 3.2m | 100% | 178° | 14m/s | 9.2m/s | 0.4m | 11s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 46% | 2.8m | 70° | 3m | 100% | 183° | 14m/s | 8.5m/s | 0.54m | 11s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 1% | 2.8m | 70° | 3m | 100% | 184° | 13m/s | 9.5m/s | 0.56m | 11s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2.7m | 71° | 3m | 100% | 195° | 14m/s | 9.4m/s | 0.57m | 11s |
| Tue, Sep 22, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | ||||||||||||
| Night | 0% | 100% | 0% | 2.7m | 71° | 2.9m | 100% | 189° | 13m/s | 7.8m/s | 0.59m | 11s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 89% | 2.9m | 68° | 3.1m | 100% | 189° | 12m/s | 7.6m/s | 0.42m | 12s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 1% | 3.1m | 66° | 3.3m | 100% | 192° | 11m/s | 7.9m/s | 0.25m | 12s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 14% | 3.3m | 64° | 3.5m | 100% | 200° | 11m/s | 6.1m/s | 0.08m | 12s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 0% | 3.3m | 64° | 3.5m | 100% | 202° | 8.4m/s | 6m/s | 0.08m | 12s |
| Night | 0% | 100% | 100% | 3.3m | 65° | 3.5m | 100% | 187° | 11m/s | 7.9m/s | 0.08m | 12s |
| Night | 44% | 97% | 0% | 3.2m | 66° | 3.5m | 98% | 208° | 13m/s | 6.5m/s | 0.08m | 12s |
| Night | 100% | 100% | 0% | 3.1m | 68° | 3.3m | 100% | 212° | 12m/s | 9m/s | 0.1m | 12s |
| 100% | 86% | 0% | 2.9m | 71° | 3.2m | 100% | 208° | 14m/s | 9.5m/s | 0.13m | 11s | |
| 98% | 85% | 13% | 2.8m | 73° | 3.1m | 99% | 203° | 12m/s | 7.9m/s | 0.15m | 11s | |
| 93% | 78% | 27% | 2.6m | 81° | 3m | 98% | 201° | 12m/s | 6.9m/s | 0.18m | 11s | |
| 78% | 81% | 51% | 2.5m | 90° | 2.9m | 96% | 211° | 11m/s | 5.6m/s | 0.2m | 11s | |
| 29% | 72% | 50% | 2.4m | 98° | 2.9m | 85% | 207° | 9.9m/s | 4.1m/s | 0.23m | 12s | |
| 68% | 81% | 63% | 2.3m | 99° | 2.8m | 96% | 209° | 9.8m/s | 3.8m/s | 0.25m | 11s | |
| 56% | 81% | 73% | 2.2m | 99° | 2.7m | 95% | 212° | 10m/s | 4m/s | 0.28m | 11s | |
| 46% | 100% | 95% | 2.1m | 100° | 2.6m | 100% | 216° | 10m/s | 4m/s | 0.3m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 93% | 2m | 100° | 2.5m | 100% | 240° | 13m/s | 5.7m/s | 0.33m | 11s | |
| 0% | 100% | 79% | 1.9m | 100° | 2.4m | 100% | 232° | 14m/s | 5.7m/s | 0.35m | 11s | |
| 20% | 100% | 84% | 1.8m | 100° | 2.3m | 100% | 223° | 14m/s | 6.1m/s | 0.38m | 11s | |
| 11% | 100% | 61% | 1.8m | 98° | 2.2m | 100% | 213° | 14m/s | 5.4m/s | 0.35m | 11s | |
| Night | 0% | 95% | 88% | 1.7m | 96° | 2.1m | 98% | 216° | 14m/s | 5.6m/s | 0.32m | 11s |
| Night | 11% | 100% | 100% | 1.7m | 94° | 2m | 100% | 215° | 15m/s | 6.3m/s | 0.29m | 11s |
| Night | 5% | 98% | 95% | 1.6m | 90° | 1.9m | 99% | 212° | 16m/s | 6.8m/s | 0.34m | 11s |
| Night | 36% | 45% | 75% | 1.6m | 86° | 1.9m | 88% | 211° | 17m/s | 7.2m/s | 0.39m | 11s |
| Wed, Sep 23, 2026Sunrise · Sunset | ||||||||||||
| Night | 48% | 26% | 83% | 1.5m | 83° | 1.8m | 91% | 209° | 16m/s | 7m/s | 0.44m | 11s |
| Night | 40% | 42% | 52% | 1.5m | 80° | 1.7m | 76% | 210° | 16m/s | 6.7m/s | 0.31m | 11s |
| Night | 33% | 27% | 63% | 1.5m | 78° | 1.7m | 73% | 209° | 16m/s | 6.4m/s | 0.18m | 10s |
| Night | 20% | 37% | 46% | 1.5m | 75° | 1.6m | 66% | 209° | 15m/s | 5.5m/s | 0.05m | 10s |
| Night | 8% | 40% | 37% | 1.4m | 74° | 1.6m | 60% | 205° | 13m/s | 5m/s | 0.07m | 10s |
How this forecast is evaluated
See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Iceland Coast. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Arnarstapi.
Explore Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Iceland Coast →Recorded match history
Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Arnarstapi during the last 365 days.
Last 30 days
36
recorded matching windows · 50% average confidence
Last 90 days
51
recorded matching windows · 50% average confidence
Last 365 days
74
recorded matching windows · 55% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour
06:00 local time, shared by 7 of 74 matches recorded in the last 365 days.
These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.
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How this forecast is made
Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.
The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.
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