Crab Island surf break

Crab Island surfForecast / Clare / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 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 4PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (07 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
0.8
W
1.9
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
2.4
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)9111189991010131312121212121212131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18916386271710739607096025101070105494280516171731191422432894393937854708535540492878
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
20
SSE
45
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
20
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSE
10
E
25
N
25
NW
35
NW
45
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
40
NW
40
NW
50
WNW
55
NW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
4.44
8:18PM
4.00
8:27AM
4.20
9:02PM
3.78
9:11AM
3.89
9:48PM
3.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53PM
0.22
2:03AM
0.72
2:36PM
0.48
2:47AM
0.97
3:20PM
0.79
3:36AM
1.23
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise8:48-------8:48-------8:48-------
Sunset--4:37-------4:38-------4:40-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11-------21--1---11111--
Temp. °C7610888885556766677677777
Feels °C (?)511-1-102512-1-1-1-4-3-4-2-2-2-2-3-4-5-1
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