Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.00° W

Crab Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
17.8°C
3.1° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 9AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (07 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue night, min 11°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Tue night, strong winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
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
0
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1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.3
WSW
7
0.2
W
7
0.2
W
8
0.1
W
10
0.3
W
6
0.7
W
6
0.1
W
9
1
WNW
5
0.9
WNW
6
0.1
W
13
0.7
W
6
0.7
W
4
1.3
WSW
5
2
WSW
6
2.4
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
2.3
WSW
8
2
W
8
1.9
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
15
9
9
4
5
2
7
38
2
0
53
3
30
19
72
309
574
693
910
1026
721
552
488
Wind (km/h)
10
NNW
20
NNW
30
N
40
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
W
20
W
30
WSW
40
SW
45
WSW
45
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
40
W
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:33AM8.12m
4:57PM8.63m
5:30AM8.77m
5:49PM9.20m
6:16AM9.23m
6:32PM9.53m
Low Tide
10:22PM2.54m
10:47AM2.39m
11:21PM1.87m
11:39AM1.77m
00:08AM1.41m
12:21PM1.38m
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7:26
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7:28
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6:40
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6:38
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1
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Temp °C
16
14
12
11
13
13
12
11
11
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
15
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
15
11
6
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
7
8
8
8
6
8
9
9
9
9
8
6
5
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