Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 4.00° W

Crab Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
17.6°C
3.0° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 11PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri morning, calm by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
W
6
0.7
W
5
1.4
WSW
5
2.2
WSW
7
2.5
W
8
2.5
W
8
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
2.3
W
9
2.2
W
9
2.1
W
8
2.1
W
8
2.1
W
8
2
W
8
1.9
W
8
1.7
W
7
1.7
W
7
1.6
W
7
1.3
W
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
41
25
105
420
736
816
1091
1051
809
732
587
517
504
442
399
295
274
229
143
Wind (km/h)
25
W
25
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
40
W
40
W
50
WSW
40
W
40
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:49PM9.20m
6:16AM9.23m
6:32PM9.53m
6:55AM9.47m
7:10PM9.64m
Low Tide
00:08AM1.41m
12:21PM1.38m
00:47AM1.19m
12:57PM1.20m
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6:38
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6:37
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6:34
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1
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1
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Temp °C
13
12
13
16
16
16
16
17
14
14
13
12
13
12
13
13
14
13
13
Feels °C
7
7
6
9
10
10
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11
6
7
5
4
4
4
5
5
7
7
8
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