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Crab Island surf break

Crab Island surfForecast / Clare / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 23 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 8PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (23 Jan)7ft (2.2m)15s
Evening (23 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
!
!
!
!
4
!
!
!
!
!
2
0
2
!
!
!
!
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)121615161515151514171616151414141317161615141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7355752167319538133475352236312507719964695790446232322714180713706755675152483866259519681519
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
40
NE
45
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
NNE
25
NW
25
SE
20
E
20
E
30
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
4.25
8:20PM
3.96
8:29AM
4.09
9:03PM
3.84
9:14AM
3.88
9:52PM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
0.32
2:07AM
0.70
2:34PM
0.48
2:50AM
0.88
3:18PM
0.71
3:42AM
1.09
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise8:34-------8:33-------8:32-------
Sunset--5:04-------5:05-------5:07-----
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1----321-116152-------
Temp. °C566777667676666667776666
Feels °C (?)-2-2-20-1-2-4-20-110-1-1-100220-1-2-2-3
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