Crab Island Surf Photo by Rob Davies

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Open ocean wave model on 3 September at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

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	WSW	SE	SE	WSW	WNW
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 September at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

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	WSW	SE	SSE	WSW	WNW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 September at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

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	WSW	SE	SSE	WSW	WNW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

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	WSW	SSE	SSE	WSW	WNW
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	S	SW	WNW	WNW
	12 s	cross	12 s	10 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		SW	WNW
	11 s	cross- on		11 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SW		WSW
	11 s	cross- on		11 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	WSW		WSW
	11 s	cross- on		11 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	W		WSW
	10 s	glass		10 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSE		WSW	W
	9 s	glass		9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 September at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE		WSW	W
	9 s	cross- off		9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 September at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SSE		WSW	W
	9 s	cross- off		9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 September at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SE	WSW	W
	9 s	cross- off	2 s	9 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 September at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SSE	WSW	WSW
	9 s	cross- off	3 s	8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 September at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	SE	SSE	WSW	WNW
	8 s	cross- off	4 s	8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 September at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	WSW	ESE	SE	WSW	WNW
	8 s	cross- off	4 s	8 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 September at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Crab Island around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 2 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 2.9m (9.5 ft). Range 5.49m (18.0 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Crab Island Surf Photo: 'Crab Island' by Rob Davies

Three days after Hurricane Danielle had delivered epic surf, the waves at Crab Island are still pretty decent and probably the best bet on the Clare Coastline. The swell was about 1.2m and 12 seconds.

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User: Rob Davies (1340 photos)

Country: Ireland (372 photos)

Photo taken at: 4:21 pm 4 Sep 2010