Skarðsvík Beach is located on the northwestern end of Iceland’s Snæfellesnes Peninsula overlooking the ocean. While most of the beaches in Iceland are made up of volcanic rock, and are therefore blacks, dark browns and bits of red, Skarðsvík Beach is one of the few “blonde” beaches, meaning that the sand has a golden brown colour, which is more like what you would find in places like the tropics.

Skarðsvík Beach is located in Snæfellsjökull National Park, so you can get there by using Route 54 (the main one on the Snæfellesnes Peninsula) and then turning onto Route 574, which goes through the national park. From here there will be another turnoff. Please use this point in Google Maps to navigate.

I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed by Skarðsvík Beach. We mainly stopped here on our way to Svörtuloft Lighthouse as it is on the same side road. As you can see from the photos, the sand is more of a mix of volcanic black sand and “blond” sand, and on a cloudy and wet day, it really did not seem like a blond beach at all. I think a lot of that is more to do with the lighting (or lack thereof). However it was a good stop, especially before the very bumpy continuation to Svörtuloft Lighthouse.

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