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Crab Island in County Clare is an exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the east. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the ideal swell angle is from the west. There is no beach break and there is a right hand reef break as well.. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Beware of rocks and rips.

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Overall Crab Island Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Ireland - County Clare surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Crab Island

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Crab Island:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Doolin Point	2 mi
Second closest break	Fanore	7 mi
Third closest break	Lahinch Strand	7 mi
Fourth closest break	Lahinch Left	9 mi
Fifth closest break	Cornish Reef	9 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Crab Island:
Closest wave buoy	M3 Mizen Head Buoy	135 mi
Second closest wave buoy	M4 Donegal Bay Buoy	138 mi
Third closest wave buoy	K4 Buoy	161 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	167 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	207 mi
Tide stations nearest to Crab Island:
Closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland	186 mi
Second closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland - READ flaterco.com/pol.	186 mi
Third closest tide station	Bangor, Northern Ireland	189 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bangor, Northern Ireland - READ flaterco.com/pol.ht	189 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Fishguard, Wales	198 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Crab Island:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	275 mi
Second closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	308 mi
Third closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	310 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	313 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	316 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Crab Island:
Closest city location	Galway (Ireland)	22 mi
Second closest city location	Inis (Ireland)	22 mi
Third closest city location	Moycullen (Ireland)	22 mi
Fourth closest city location	Gort (Ireland)	24 mi
Fifth closest city location	Oranmore (Ireland)	25 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Crab Island is Galway Airport (GWY) in Ireland, 42 km (26 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Crab Island is Shannon Airport (SNN), also in Ireland, 49 km (30 miles) away.
• Third is Kerry Airport (KIR) in Ireland, 96 km (60 miles) away.
• Connaught Airport (NOC) in Ireland is 104 km (65 miles) away.
• Cork Airport (ORK), also in Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Crab Island and is 146 km (91 miles) away.