Skomvær Lighthouse went into service on 1 November 1887, marking the entrance to Vestfjord for ships heading north along the Norwegian coast. The tower is a 32-metre cast-iron column anchored to the bedrock and painted white with a single red horizontal band; the keepers' houses and the small farm behind survive intact, the whole compound now a protected cultural monument.
The light was automated in 2005 and the last keeper moved out. The buildings are occasionally opened by the Norwegian Lighthouse Society for artists' residencies and short stays, but there is no regular access — most visitors arrive on a charter boat from Røst, spend a couple of hours, and head back before the weather turns.