Crab Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.00° W

Crab Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
20.2° C
4.1° 

Crab Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Crab Island today (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 9PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (04 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

Table - waves today at Crab Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Wed afternoon, calm by Thu night).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
WSW
7
1.2
SW
5
1.4
SW
6
1.2
SW
6
1.2
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
7
1.6
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.3
WSW
6
1.2
W
6
1.1
W
6
1
W
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.8
W
6
0.7
W
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
108
79
118
109
117
129
192
245
232
187
147
115
92
81
66
62
56
40
29
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:49PM8.70m
11:05AM8.34m
11:30PM8.31m
11:51AM7.95m
Low Tide
4:23PM1.85m
4:49AM1.92m
5:02PM2.18m
5:31AM2.32m
5:52PM2.60m
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:00
8:58
8:55
 mm
Temp °C
19
19
18
17
16
15
16
16
16
17
16
15
13
13
15
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
16
16
15
14
13
10
11
10
9
11
11
11
9
10
11
10
10
11
12
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