Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
11.7°C
0.8° 

Thurso Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Thurso Beach today (05 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 10AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (05 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 10°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
5
Friday
6
Saturday
7
Sun
8
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
W
12
1.2
W
12
1.1
W
12
1
W
11
1
W
11
0.9
WNW
11
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.9
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.6
W
12
0.9
W
12
0.9
W
12
0.9
W
11
0.9
W
11
0.8
W
11
0.8
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.6
W
10
0.6
W
9
0.6
W
9
0.5
W
9
0.5
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
505
418
347
251
242
194
184
170
161
127
127
108
232
224
191
188
146
133
98
98
96
65
61
60
41
41
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:50AM4.44m
5:45PM4.62m
6:35AM4.60m
6:33PM4.78m
7:13AM4.72m
7:14PM4.87m
Low Tide
11:41AM2.11m
00:09AM1.40m
12:27PM1.87m
00:51AM1.29m
1:08PM1.67m
1:29AM1.26m
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Temp °C
8
9
9
9
8
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
9
8
8
9
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Feels °C
5
6
5
5
4
6
5
6
6
6
5
7
8
8
8
8
7
6
5
6
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