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A new warning sign was installed at Reynisfjara yesterday.

Closure gate likely to be installed today

11 Aug A closure gate is expected to be installed at Reynisfjara Black Beach today. The gate will be used when the red warning light is on at the beach’s warning signs. The risk assessment for the beach has also been revised, meaning the red light will now be activated more frequently.

The area is in the spotlight following Saturday’s fatal accident.

Park ranger service at Reynisfjara Black Beach not on the table

8 Aug Ideas about introducing a park ranger service at Reynisfjara have not been brought to the attention of the Environment Agency of Iceland.

Emergency responders at the scene following the accident.
Estonian tourists who witnessed the incident say that visitors are not sufficiently aware of the dangers posed by the beach.

Horror at Reynisfjara Black Beach: “We couldn’t help her”

7 Aug Estonian couple Raiko Suurna and Aivi Murd-Murulauk were on a family trip in Iceland with their children and a family of friends when they witnessed the fatal accident at Reynisfjara Black Beach on Saturday.

A safety group will be established following the fatal accident that occurred at Reynisfjara over the weekend.

Red warning light to activate sooner at Reynisfjara Black Beach

6 Aug A new safety group will be established to provide increased monitoring of Reynisfjara Black Beach.

The last three tourists who have drowned at Reynisfjara were located near the basalt columns. Visiting the cave is popular, but to get there, one must pass by the basalt columns.

The light was yellow: Last three accidents in the same spot

5 Aug A yellow warning light was flashing at Reynisfjara beach on Saturday when a nine-year-old girl from Germany died after being swept into the sea. The last three fatal accidents at the beach have all occurred near the basalt columns. An information sign was blown away from the beach a few weeks ago.

Fatal Accident at Reynisfjara Black Beach

4 Aug A fatal accident occurred at Reynisfjara Black Beach on Saturday. The Icelandic Coast Guard received notification of the incident shortly before 3 p.m., and shortly afterward, one of its helicopters was airborne to search for the girl. At 4:54 p.m., the police issued a statement reporting that the girl had been found by the helicopter.

Traffic disruptions to Reynisfjara Black Beach for the next few days

1 Oct Due to road construction and road painting to Reynisfjara Black Beach, there will be significant traffic disruptions and parking lot closures on Friday and Saturday.

“He seems to have escaped incredibly well”

11 Jul 2024 A truck collapsed around 6 pm on the Ring Road in South Iceland, near the road to Reynisfjara black beach. One person was in the car, but he is not badly injured.

Ágúst Bjartmarsson, the head of the Road Administration in Vík in Mýrdalur, says that the carpark is usually smooth but now it's full of big stones the size of basketballs.

“The sea waves threw rocks onto the carpark”

14 Dec 2023 “Everything is just sand and mud around here. It’s a little like a bombing zone.”

Carlos Mondragón Galera took these picture of tourists at Reynisfjara Black Beach yesterday.

With a walker in the sea at Reynisfjara Black Beach yesterday

3 Sep 2023 Tourists were in danger in Reynisfjara Black Beach yesterday when a group walked into the sea despite considerable waves. Carlos Mondragón Galera, an employee of Black Ice Travel Company, took pictures of the tourists and posted on the Facebook group Stupid Things People Do in Iceland, one of which features an elderly woman with a walker in the sea.

Traffic the biggest cause of accidents

25 Jul 2023 Traffic is the biggest cause of casualties for tourists in Iceland, but data is not yet available to show that accidents involving tourists are now more common than in previous years.

Next week a new facility fee will be introduced at Reynisfjara Black Beach parking lot, from 750 ISK to 1000 ISK despending on which parking lot is used.

Facility fee at Reynisfjara Black Beach

14 Jul 2023 A facility fee for the use of the Reynisfjördur parking lot is to be introduced next week. Íris Guðnadóttir, one of the landowners of Reynisfjördur, says the purpose of implementing the facility fee is primarily to cover the cost and contribute to the infrastructure and operation of the area.

South Iceland more or less fully booked

26 Apr 2023 “There are still a lot of queries coming for the summer but we unfortunately just need to turn people away, because our situation is such that the summer is more or less sold out,” says Sara Ósk Rúnarsdóttir, receptionist at the Fosshotel Jökulsárlón.

The new information and warning signs in Reynisfjara Black Beach.

Security cameras and blinking signs

13 Dec 2022 The installation of warning and information signs in Reynisfjara Black Beach is completed. In addition to the signs, a 300-metre long chain was installed along the parking lot, leading people along a footpath and past the signs. Police cameras were installed on a mast in the beach bar. Images from there are streamed to the South Iceland Police’s guard office in Selfoss.

Þyrla Landhelgisgæslunnar við Kirkjufell í dag.

"There is no beauty in this"

22 Oct 2022 Landlords are expected to meet in early November for discussing the issue of Kirkjufell in Grundarfjörður, according to landowner Jóhannes Þorvarðarson. The land in Kirkjufell is divided into three holdings, and Jóhannes says it takes time to get people together as there are many landowners.