Crab Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.00° W

Crab Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
20.4°C
4.2° 

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 (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 3PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (30 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (30 Aug)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun night, light winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WSW
9
1.4
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
9
1.4
WSW
9
1.7
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
8
1.9
WSW
8
2
WSW
8
2.1
WSW
9
2.1
WSW
9
2
W
9
1.8
WSW
9
1.7
WSW
10
1.6
WSW
9
1.4
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
1
W
10
1
WSW
9
0.9
W
9
0.9
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
8
0.9
WSW
5
0.8
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
426
304
267
280
253
336
476
537
677
690
721
589
540
418
327
276
185
173
127
137
125
39
32
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
40
SW
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
8:25AM9.34m
8:42PM9.58m
8:57AM9.36m
9:15PM9.49m
9:28AM9.22m
9:48PM9.24m
Low Tide
2:12AM1.13m
2:23PM1.21m
2:43AM1.09m
2:54PM1.23m
3:14AM1.21m
3:24PM1.39m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:24
6:26
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8:07
8:05
8:02
 mm
1
1
1
5
1
6
3
1
Temp °C
17
17
18
18
17
17
16
16
15
14
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
14
15
14
13
12
12
10
12
10
9
10
10
11
12
13
14
14
14
14
13
14
14
15
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