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Thurso Beach on the North Coast is a fairly exposed beach break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the south. Tends to receive a mix of groundswells and windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. It's sometimes crowded here. The water quality here is rather suspect.

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Overall Thurso Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Also see Thurso Beach surf quality by season and Thurso Beach surf quality by month.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Scotland - North Coast surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Thurso Beach

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Thurso Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Thurso Reef	0 mi
Second closest break	Shitpipe	1 mi
Third closest break	Thurso East	1 mi
Fourth closest break	The Spur	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Murkle Point	3 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Thurso Beach:
Closest wave buoy	K7 Buoy	149 mi
Second closest wave buoy	North Sea 2 Buoy	177 mi
Third closest wave buoy	North Sea 3 Buoy	177 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	North Sea 4 Buoy	190 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	203 mi
Tide stations nearest to Thurso Beach:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	19 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	19 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	56 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	56 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Moray Firth (sheet pile wall), Scotland	71 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Thurso Beach:
Closest ski area	The Lecht (United Kingdom)	98 mi
Second closest ski area	Cairngorm (United Kingdom)	102 mi
Third closest ski area	Glenshee (United Kingdom)	124 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Nevis Range (United Kingdom)	132 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	144 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Thurso Beach:
Closest city location	Thurso (United Kingdom)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Scrabster (United Kingdom)	1 mi
Third closest city location	Wick (United Kingdom)	19 mi
Fourth closest city location	Stromness (United Kingdom)	27 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kirkwall (United Kingdom)	33 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Thurso Beach is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 29 km (18 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Thurso Beach is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 53 km (33 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 100 km (62 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 122 km (76 miles) away.
• Stornoway Airport (SYY) in U.k. is the fifth nearest airport to Thurso Beach and is 169 km (105 miles) away.