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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Dyrhólaey, Iceland Coast

Vik, South, Iceland

Dyrhólaey’s high promontory contains a vast sea arch and overlooks black beaches, Reynisdrangar, and Mýrdalsjökull; puffins nest here in summer.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

18%

Wave Height0.8m

Swell Height0.5m

Wind Speed0.7m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts0.8m/s

Cloud Cover30%

Visibility11500 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Atlantic/Reykjavik

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (93-hour forecast)

Coastal Drama Score100% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Iceland Coast. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Dyrhólaey.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Dyrhólaey during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 56% average confidence

Most represented month

August, with 12 of 28 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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93-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 93-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour

0matching hours in the next 93 hours

AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Atlantic/Reykjavik	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Sat, Aug 15
04:00	15%
05:00	5.5%
06:00	6.5%
07:00	5.5%
08:00	5.3%
09:00	4.3%
10:00	6.5%
11:00	9.6%
12:00	9.3%
13:00	17%
14:00	18%
15:00	12%
16:00	12%
17:00	12%
18:00	12%
19:00	12%
20:00	15%
21:00	15%
22:00	14%
23:00	15%
Sun, Aug 16
24:00	15%
01:00	16%
02:00	18%
03:00	18%
04:00	16%
05:00	11%
06:00	9.1%
07:00	9.8%
08:00	8.7%
09:00	13%
10:00	10%
11:00	12%
12:00	12%
13:00	12%
14:00	12%
15:00	12%
16:00	12%
17:00	11%
18:00	11%
19:00	12%
20:00	15%
21:00	15%
22:00	19%
23:00	22%
Mon, Aug 17
24:00	22%
01:00	30%
02:00	24%
03:00	27%
04:00	26%
05:00	25%
06:00	25%
07:00	22%
08:00	22%
09:00	17%
10:00	18%
11:00	19%
12:00	19%
13:00	17%
14:00	17%
15:00	17%
16:00	17%
17:00	17%
18:00	18%
19:00	18%
20:00	18%
21:00	20%
22:00	16%
23:00	16%
Tue, Aug 18
24:00	18%
01:00	18%
02:00	18%
03:00	16%
04:00	18%
05:00	18%
06:00	22%
07:00	16%
08:00	14%
09:00	12%
10:00	12%
11:00	14%
12:00	14%
13:00	15%
14:00	18%
15:00	15%
16:00	14%
17:00	14%
18:00	9.1%
19:00	11%
20:00	11%
21:00	12%
22:00	13%
23:00	14%
Wed, Aug 19
24:00	16%

How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Coastal Drama Score mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time Atlantic/Reykjavik	High Clouds %	Low Clouds %	Mid-Level Clouds %	Primary Swell Height m	Primary Wave Direction °	Significant Wave Height m	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Gusts m/s	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Sun, Aug 16 Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 21:23
03:00 ☾	0%	30%	0%	0.5m	102°	0.8m	30%	275°	0.81m/s	0.68m/s	0.5m	7.5s
04:00 ☾	0%	26%	0%	0.5m	105°	0.8m	26%	308°	1.1m/s	0.94m/s	0.49m	7.5s
05:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	0.49m	108°	0.81m	16%	340°	1.4m/s	1.5m/s	0.49m	7.5s
06:00	0%	14%	0%	0.49m	111°	0.81m	14%	356°	1.6m/s	1.8m/s	0.48m	7.5s
07:00	0%	14%	0%	0.49m	111°	0.81m	14%	2°	1.6m/s	1.7m/s	0.5m	7.5s
08:00	0%	10%	0%	0.49m	112°	0.82m	10%	1°	0.91m/s	0.99m/s	0.51m	7.5s
09:00	0%	12%	0%	0.49m	112°	0.82m	12%	296°	0.65m/s	0.25m/s	0.53m	7.4s
10:00	0%	29%	0%	0.48m	114°	0.82m	29%	213°	0.84m/s	1.2m/s	0.48m	7.4s
11:00	0%	42%	0%	0.48m	115°	0.81m	42%	193°	0.93m/s	1.8m/s	0.44m	7.4s
12:00	0%	44%	0%	0.47m	116°	0.81m	44%	184°	1m/s	1.8m/s	0.39m	7.4s
13:00	0%	50%	0%	0.47m	119°	0.81m	50%	177°	1.3m/s	1.9m/s	0.4m	7.4s
14:00	0%	44%	0%	0.46m	122°	0.82m	44%	156°	1.4m/s	2.1m/s	0.42m	7.4s
15:00	0%	36%	0%	0.46m	125°	0.82m	36%	167°	1.6m/s	2.2m/s	0.43m	7.4s
16:00	0%	61%	0%	0.46m	129°	0.83m	61%	171°	1.6m/s	2.2m/s	0.44m	7.4s
17:00	0%	46%	0%	0.45m	132°	0.85m	46%	154°	1.8m/s	2.3m/s	0.45m	7.4s
18:00	0%	57%	0%	0.45m	136°	0.86m	57%	138°	2.2m/s	2.3m/s	0.46m	7.4s
19:00	0%	59%	0%	0.49m	158°	0.89m	59%	137°	2.5m/s	2.5m/s	0.49m	8.1s
20:00	0%	70%	0%	0.52m	181°	0.93m	70%	121°	3m/s	2.5m/s	0.53m	8.8s
21:00	0%	29%	0%	0.56m	203°	0.96m	29%	117°	3.7m/s	3m/s	0.56m	9.5s
22:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	0.61m	202°	1m	16%	89°	3.9m/s	3.2m/s	0.6m	9.3s
23:00 ☾	0%	14%	0%	0.65m	202°	1m	14%	73°	4.3m/s	3.5m/s	0.63m	9.2s
Mon, Aug 17 Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 21:20
24:00 ☾	0%	11%	0%	0.7m	201°	1.1m	11%	73°	5.3m/s	3.8m/s	0.67m	9.1s
01:00 ☾	33%	6%	0%	0.71m	201°	1.1m	35%	67°	6.6m/s	4.5m/s	0.66m	9s
02:00 ☾	4%	23%	0%	0.73m	201°	1.1m	23%	68°	6.8m/s	4.9m/s	0.65m	9s
03:00 ☾	0%	66%	0%	0.74m	201°	1.1m	66%	69°	6.2m/s	4.5m/s	0.64m	8.9s
04:00 ☾	12%	79%	0%	0.74m	201°	1.1m	79%	64°	6.9m/s	5.1m/s	0.62m	8.8s
05:00 ☾	92%	56%	0%	0.75m	200°	1.1m	92%	70°	7.5m/s	5.3m/s	0.59m	8.8s
06:00	88%	58%	0%	0.75m	200°	1m	92%	69°	7.9m/s	5.9m/s	0.57m	8.8s
07:00	99%	34%	0%	0.75m	200°	1m	99%	65°	10m/s	6.7m/s	0.54m	8.8s
08:00	100%	96%	0%	0.75m	200°	1m	100%	76°	11m/s	6.8m/s	0.52m	8.8s
09:00	100%	98%	0%	0.75m	199°	0.99m	100%	77°	11m/s	8.4m/s	0.49m	8.7s
10:00	100%	99%	48%	0.74m	198°	0.97m	100%	78°	12m/s	7.9m/s	0.46m	8.7s
11:00	100%	100%	100%	0.74m	198°	0.94m	100%	73°	12m/s	8.3m/s	0.42m	8.6s
12:00	100%	100%	100%	0.73m	197°	0.92m	100%	76°	13m/s	8.7m/s	0.39m	8.5s
13:00	100%	100%	100%	0.72m	197°	0.9m	100%	80°	13m/s	9m/s	0.37m	8.4s
14:00	100%	100%	100%	0.72m	197°	0.89m	100%	82°	13m/s	9.7m/s	0.35m	8.4s
15:00	100%	100%	100%	0.71m	197°	0.87m	100%	84°	13m/s	10m/s	0.33m	8.4s
16:00	100%	100%	100%	0.72m	197°	0.86m	100%	84°	13m/s	11m/s	0.31m	8.3s
17:00	100%	100%	100%	0.72m	196°	0.84m	100%	86°	14m/s	11m/s	0.28m	8.3s
18:00	100%	98%	100%	0.73m	196°	0.83m	100%	84°	14m/s	10m/s	0.26m	8.3s
19:00	100%	99%	100%	0.72m	195°	0.82m	100%	81°	14m/s	9.6m/s	0.26m	8.3s
20:00	100%	98%	100%	0.72m	194°	0.82m	100%	77°	14m/s	9.7m/s	0.26m	8.2s
21:00	49%	97%	100%	0.71m	193°	0.81m	100%	75°	14m/s	10m/s	0.26m	8.2s
22:00 ☾	5%	95%	100%	0.71m	191°	0.81m	100%	72°	15m/s	11m/s	0.26m	8.2s
23:00 ☾	1%	96%	100%	0.7m	190°	0.81m	100%	70°	15m/s	11m/s	0.26m	8.2s
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 21:17
24:00 ☾	0%	68%	100%	0.7m	188°	0.81m	100%	67°	14m/s	10m/s	0.26m	8.2s
01:00 ☾	1%	46%	100%	0.7m	187°	0.81m	100%	65°	14m/s	10m/s	0.26m	8.2s
02:00 ☾	0%	53%	96%	0.7m	186°	0.81m	96%	64°	14m/s	9.9m/s	0.26m	8.1s
03:00 ☾	0%	70%	96%	0.7m	184°	0.81m	96%	65°	14m/s	9.7m/s	0.26m	8.1s
04:00 ☾	0%	99%	100%	0.72m	184°	0.82m	100%	62°	13m/s	9.2m/s	0.25m	8.1s
05:00 ☾	0%	100%	99%	0.73m	184°	0.84m	100%	58°	13m/s	8.3m/s	0.25m	8.1s
06:00	15%	83%	94%	0.75m	183°	0.85m	94%	59°	13m/s	8m/s	0.25m	8s
07:00	33%	62%	96%	0.79m	183°	0.88m	96%	63°	11m/s	7.4m/s	0.25m	8s
08:00	51%	41%	98%	0.82m	182°	0.92m	98%	67°	9.3m/s	6.8m/s	0.25m	7.9s
09:00	69%	20%	100%	0.86m	182°	0.95m	100%	71°	7.6m/s	6.1m/s	0.25m	7.9s
10:00	76%	20%	79%	0.84m	181°	0.93m	97%	72°	7.1m/s	6.1m/s	0.25m	7.8s
11:00	83%	20%	58%	0.83m	181°	0.91m	94%	73°	6.5m/s	6m/s	0.25m	7.8s
12:00	90%	20%	37%	0.81m	180°	0.89m	90%	74°	6m/s	5.9m/s	0.25m	7.8s
13:00	61%	28%	25%	0.72m	180°	0.86m	74%	72°	6m/s	5.3m/s	0.25m	7.7s
14:00	31%	35%	12%	0.64m	179°	0.82m	58%	69°	6m/s	4.6m/s	0.25m	7.7s
15:00	1%	42%	0%	0.55m	178°	0.79m	42%	67°	5.9m/s	3.9m/s	0.25m	7.7s
16:00	0%	56%	0%	0.53m	171°	0.79m	56%	58°	4.7m/s	3.1m/s	0.25m	7.6s
17:00	0%	70%	0%	0.51m	164°	0.8m	70%	50°	3.5m/s	2.3m/s	0.25m	7.6s
18:00	0%	84%	0%	0.49m	156°	0.8m	84%	41°	2.3m/s	1.5m/s	0.25m	7.5s
19:00	0%	84%	0%	0.51m	144°	0.82m	84%	85°	2.1m/s	1.1m/s	0.25m	7.4s
20:00	0%	84%	0%	0.54m	132°	0.83m	84%	128°	1.9m/s	0.73m/s	0.25m	7.2s
21:00	0%	84%	0%	0.56m	120°	0.85m	84%	171°	1.6m/s	0.36m/s	0.25m	7.1s
22:00 ☾	0%	73%	0%	0.56m	118°	0.84m	73%	201°	1.5m/s	0.55m/s	0.25m	7s
23:00 ☾	0%	63%	0%	0.55m	117°	0.83m	63%	231°	1.4m/s	0.74m/s	0.25m	7s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 21:13
24:00 ☾	0%	52%	0%	0.55m	116°	0.82m	52%	261°	1.2m/s	0.94m/s	0.24m	7s
01:00 ☾	0%	67%	0%	0.55m	114°	0.83m	67%	252°	1.3m/s	1m/s	0.24m	7s
02:00 ☾	0%	82%	0%	0.56m	113°	0.83m	82%	242°	1.4m/s	1.1m/s	0.24m	6.9s

How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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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Forecast generated

Aug 16, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC

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