Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
13.2°C
1.0° 

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 (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 6AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (02 Oct)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (02 Oct)6ft (1.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Sun afternoon).

Friday
2
Saturday
3
Sunday
4
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)
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
2
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
W
13
1.8
W
13
1.9
W
12
1.9
W
12
1.9
W
12
1.8
W
12
1.8
W
12
1.9
W
11
1.6
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.2
W
10
2.1
W
10
2.1
W
10
2.1
W
9
2.2
W
9
2.4
W
10
2.5
W
10
3
W
11
3
W
11
3
W
12
3.5
W
12
3.5
W
13
3.5
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1271
1044
1074
1039
1013
895
879
914
640
850
388
302
849
799
718
788
1043
1525
1897
2289
2839
3792
4187
4538
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
10
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:23AM4.60m
12:48PM4.44m
1:27AM4.28m
1:53PM4.20m
2:58AM4.03m
3:22PM4.06m
Low Tide
6:43AM1.81m
7:12PM1.87m
7:41AM2.19m
8:24PM2.09m
9:03AM2.49m
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Temp °C
12
12
12
13
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
11
12
13
12
11
12
12
13
14
16
15
15
14
Feels °C
7
7
7
9
10
11
11
6
5
4
3
5
5
6
6
6
7
6
7
8
10
7
7
7
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