February sits in the same weather as January, in the second half of the storm season. The lows keep queueing across the North Atlantic and the Reykjanes breaks keep working on them.
The difference is arithmetic. Iceland gains about six minutes of daylight a day, so a month that opens with seven hours of light closes with ten, and ten hours is enough for two sessions instead of one. That matters because wind, not swell, is what decides whether a day here is surfable: Þorlákshöfn needs a south swell and a westerly to hold the wave open, and having a second look in the afternoon doubles your chances of catching the pair together. The water is at its coldest of the year, 6°C.
