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Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 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
8.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thurso Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 12AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (11 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
!
0
!
!
!
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
4.5
WNW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
Period(s) (?)12121111101010101010913121211111111101212121110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62852052450734019015312194941423314133871089132614502622230754174568320019691326
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
55
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
30
SSE
45
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
WSW
40
W
35
W
25
W
15
SW
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
4.42
2:17AM
3.99
2:18PM
4.18
3:17AM
3.91
3:23PM
4.00
4:22AM
3.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
1.97
8:03AM
2.48
8:53PM
2.19
9:19AM
2.58
10:03PM
2.31
10:41AM
2.54
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------8:56-------8:55-------8:53-
Sunset3:45-------3:47-------3:48-------
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Rain (mm)
-----3121--1-2---11-----
Temp. °C443444457778878887766445
Feels °C (?)-4-3-4-4-6-8-7-5-2-3-3-31-3-2-2-1-1-2-2-1-101
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