Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 GMT
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Thurso Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
10.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thurso Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 3PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (24 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (24 Dec)7ft (2.1m)12s

Table - waves today at Thurso Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)131313121213131212121313121212131212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17771605125911451354159916591581155614151451134411551098988912690584472403368290276202
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
0
WSW
5
SW
0
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
WSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassglassglassglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
4.66
11:30PM
4.29
11:29AM
4.59
12:16AM
4.23
12:15PM
4.52
1:09AM
4.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16PM
1.61
5:24AM
2.03
5:59PM
1.68
6:08AM
2.15
6:47PM
1.76
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise-9:03-------9:03-------9:03------
Sunset--3:22-------3:22-------3:22-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C888877776665555566666775
Feels °C (?)656665653321111133434430
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