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Thurso Reef on the North Coast is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the south southwest. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the northwest. There is no beach break and in addition there are both left and right reef breaks.. Sometimes crowded. Hazards include rocks and pollution.

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Overall Thurso Reef 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 Reef surf quality by season and Thurso Reef 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 Reef

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Thurso Reef:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Thurso Beach	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 Reef:
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 Reef:
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	71 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Thurso Reef:
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 Reef:
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 Reef is Wick Airport (WIC) in U.k., 29 km (18 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Thurso Reef 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 Reef and is 169 km (105 miles) away.