Crab Island surf break

Crab Island surfForecast / Clare / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 08 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
9.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Crab Island today?

The current surf forecast for Crab Island at 12AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
!
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
W
2.3
W
3
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.5
W
1.1
W
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
Period(s) (?)13121212121212111213131313121212111110109101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)105494292597211001697145513272216485947884566352731122221151710377144592345446649621046
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
45
WNW
35
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
10
NW
5
SW
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
35
S
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
3.78
9:11AM
3.89
9:48PM
3.57
9:59AM
3.59
10:37PM
3.38
10:52AM
3.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
0.48
2:47AM
0.97
3:20PM
0.79
3:36AM
1.23
4:09PM
1.10
4:35AM
1.46
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------8:48-------8:47-------8:47-
Sunset4:38-------4:40-------4:42-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111111---11-------1-----
Temp. °C656667777756778897699101011
Feels °C (?)0-1-1-1-2-10-1-1-4-30214541-21-1135
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