Crab Island surf break

Crab Island surfForecast / Clare / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 IST
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Crab Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crab Island sea temperature is
9.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Crab Island today?

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 9AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212111111101010101010101011111111111111111211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)338524601870133493272358671211451294105078713062299197821081570121111631085991120416281848
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
WNW
20
W
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
40
SE
50
SSW
60
WSW
50
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
3.59
10:37PM
3.38
10:52AM
3.31
11:33PM
3.25
11:55AM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36AM
1.23
4:09PM
1.10
4:35AM
1.46
5:09PM
1.36
5:52AM
1.60
6:23PM
1.52
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise--8:47-------8:47-------8:45-----
Sunset----4:42-------4:43-------4:45---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-----2221---331112111148
Temp. °C88998789101111111110109999910989
Feels °C (?)124410-1034531-2-1011333232
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