Crab Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.04° N 9.39° W

Crab Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 19 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
17.2° C
1.5° 

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 (20 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 1AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Aug)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (20 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WNW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the N by Sat morning).

Wed
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
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)
2
W
10
2.1
W
10
2.2
W
10
2.3
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
10
2
WNW
10
1.8
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.3
WNW
9
1.3
WNW
9
1.1
NW
9
0.9
WNW
8
0.9
NW
8
0.8
NW
8
0.8
NW
7
0.8
NW
6
0.7
NW
7
0.8
NW
6
0.4
WSW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
715
813
904
920
788
772
590
434
287
255
178
123
95
93
71
49
49
51
31
Wind (km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
25
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
25
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
15
NNE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
10:42PM3.39m
11:09AM3.32m
11:40PM3.09m
12:14PM3.12m
Low Tide
4:15PM1.23m
4:35AM1.37m
5:11PM1.54m
5:38AM1.69m
6:48PM1.74m
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
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cloud
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:57
8:54
8:52
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
15
15
15
14
14
15
16
16
15
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
14
Feels °C
9
9
9
10
9
8
9
10
10
9
7
8
8
8
8
9
10
9
10
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