Thurso Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
13.1° C
0.0° 

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 (29 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 7AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (29 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (29 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue night, min 10°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon).

Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
9
1.7
W
9
2
W
9
2.1
W
9
1.9
W
8
1.6
W
8
1.3
WNW
8
1
W
8
1.1
NW
8
0.9
NNW
8
1
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
8
0.9
NNW
8
1.3
NW
8
1.2
WNW
5
1.5
WNW
6
1.7
WNW
6
1.8
WNW
6
1.6
WNW
7
1.4
WNW
6
0.8
NW
6
0.9
W
5
0.5
N
7
0.6
N
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
219
429
635
685
489
334
229
129
143
101
110
102
102
200
77
143
205
244
214
161
58
43
25
36
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:40AM4.43m
9:42PM4.80m
10:12AM4.53m
10:14PM4.89m
10:43AM4.59m
Low Tide
3:24AM1.58m
3:30PM1.78m
3:58AM1.44m
4:04PM1.69m
4:30AM1.35m
4:37PM1.63m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
4:56
4:58
5:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:43
9:40
9:38
 mm
1
2
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
15
17
17
16
13
12
11
12
14
15
15
10
12
11
10
10
13
15
15
13
12
Feels °C
9
8
7
9
12
13
13
12
11
10
11
13
10
11
3
6
6
5
6
8
10
10
8
9
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