Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.00° W

Crab Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
17.9°C
2.7° 

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 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 12AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)--
Afternoon (30 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (30 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the W by Wed night).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
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)
1.2
SE
5
1
SSE
5
0.6
SW
7
1.4
SW
10
2.1
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
2
SW
11
2.2
SW
11
2
WSW
11
1.9
WSW
11
1.8
WSW
11
1.8
WSW
11
1.5
WSW
11
1.7
WSW
13
1.7
WSW
13
1.5
WSW
11
1.6
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
62
44
32
404
1087
836
743
778
881
1107
920
814
771
745
508
936
894
581
530
Wind (km/h)
40
SE
35
SE
30
S
40
SSE
25
W
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
8:51PM9.61m
9:05AM9.41m
9:27PM9.29m
9:41AM9.06m
Low Tide
2:29PM1.16m
2:49AM1.21m
3:02PM1.38m
3:22AM1.55m
3:38PM1.77m
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light rain
light rain
light rain
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light rain
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thunderstorm
rain showers
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rain showers
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cloud
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7:15
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6:59
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6:57
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1
4
5
2
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1
2
1
1
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1
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Temp °C
20
19
19
18
15
16
16
17
17
15
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
Feels °C
14
14
15
13
11
12
11
11
11
10
10
11
12
12
13
11
11
11
11
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