Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 27 Nov 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
10.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Thurso Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 8AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 27). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (27 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (27 Nov)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
2.2
W
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
5.5
W
7
W
6.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5.5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NNW
4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
N
2.5
N
Period(s) (?)121211111110101116181818171610121213131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)569486418403389986234536641641033162264511645312671123305896697375376278512136793068267721711605
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
SW
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
45
SW
60
SW
60
SW
65
SW
70
SW
65
SW
60
SW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
40
NW
35
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
3.95
12:43PM
4.18
1:52AM
3.93
1:51PM
4.15
3:02AM
4.01
3:01PM
4.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:31AM
2.46
7:19PM
2.09
7:38AM
2.55
8:29PM
2.07
8:56AM
2.52
9:42PM
1.94
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
Sunrise--8:29-------8:30-------8:33-----
Sunset----3:33-------3:32-------3:30---
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
312-22-----11-111-------
Temp. °C121112121210988787877666554444
Feels °C (?)99877-1-4-6-6-8-6-6-3-4-4-4-3-2-2-2-3-3-2-1
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