Skagsanden beach
Flakstadøya · Lofoten
Latitude 68.10359° N 68° 6′ 13″ N
Longitude 13.28642° E 13° 17′ 11″ E
Altitude 1 m
Notes
The most visited and most photographed beach on Flakstadøya — and it earns the attention. The silhouette of the Hustinden is one of the most recognisable outlines in the Lofoten. The wet sand at low tide creates perfect reflections almost automatically. When the Northern Lights dance above the Hustinden on a clear winter night, mirrored in the sand below, no explanation is needed.
Conditions
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Light
Day Golden hour Blue hour Twilight Astronomical darkness
- Sunrise
- 08:09 SE 127°
- Sunset
- 15:33 SW 233°
- Day length
- 7 h 23 min
- Max altitude
- 8,2°
- Golden hour
- 07:29–10:06 · 13:37–16:13
- Blue hour
- 07:06–07:29 · 16:13–16:37
- Astronomical darkness
- 18:48–04:54
Moon
- Waning gibbous
- Illuminated 78 %
- Above the horizon
- all day
- Next new moon
- Monday, 9 November 2026
- Next full moon
- Tuesday, 24 November 2026
Northern lights
Dark enough — but the moon is up for all 12.3 dark hours and lights the whole night.
Tides
▲ 02:55 High water ▼ 09:05 Low water ▲ 15:14 High water ▼ 21:39 Low water
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