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Surf Break: Thurso East

Thurso East on the North Coast is an exposed point break that has pretty consitent surf and can work at any time of the year. Offshore winds blow from the southeast. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the best swell direction is from the north northwest. No beach break here Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Take care to avoid the rocks.

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Overall Thurso East 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 East surf quality by season and Thurso East 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 East

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Thurso East:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Thurso Beach	1 mi
Second closest break	Thurso Reef	1 mi
Third closest break	Shitpipe	1 mi
Fourth closest break	The Spur	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Murkle Point	2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Thurso East:
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	189 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	North Sea 1 Buoy	203 mi
Tide stations nearest to Thurso East:
Closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	19 mi
Second closest tide station	Wick, Scotland	19 mi
Third closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland	57 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Kinlochbervie, Scotland - READ flaterco.com/pol.htm	57 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Moray Firth (sheet pile wall), Scotland	72 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Thurso East:
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)	133 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	145 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Thurso East:
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)	26 mi
Fifth closest city location	Kirkwall (United Kingdom)	32 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Thurso East is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 29 km (18 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Thurso East is Kirkwall Airport (KOI) in Scotland, 52 km (32 miles) away.
• Third is Lossiemouth Airport (LMO) in U.k, 101 km (63 miles) away.
• Inverness Airport (INV) in U.k is 123 km (76 miles) away.
• Stornoway Airport (SYY) in U.k. is the fifth nearest airport to Thurso East and is 170 km (106 miles) away.