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Diamond Beach, Höfn, Iceland

Diamond Beach

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Beach  ·  Höfn, Iceland 64.0428°N   16.1769°W

Why you should go

Ninety seconds on Diamond Beach

Time neededan hour CostFree

Glacier ice on black sand, restocked by every tide, so no two visits show the same beach.

Know before you goThe surf is powerful, the sand shelves steeply and the same sneaker wave risk applies as on the south coast beaches. Stay off floating ice and keep well back from the waterline.

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