Thurso Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 28 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 (28 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 2PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (28 Jul)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed morning, light winds from the W by Wed night).

Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
W
10
1.2
NNW
9
1.2
NNW
9
1.2
NNW
9
1.2
N
9
1.2
N
9
1.2
W
9
1.5
W
8
1.7
W
9
2.1
W
9
2.3
W
10
2.1
W
9
1.8
W
9
1.5
W
8
1.2
NW
10
1.3
NW
9
1.3
NW
9
1.1
NW
8
1.1
NW
8
1.4
NW
7
1.4
WNW
7
1.4
WNW
7
1.5
WNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
289
243
243
248
246
246
230
313
440
732
978
723
487
301
302
307
238
151
136
199
197
197
210
Wind (km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
35
SW
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:05AM4.29m
9:09PM4.66m
9:40AM4.43m
9:42PM4.80m
10:12AM4.53m
Low Tide
2:49AM1.76m
2:55PM1.92m
3:24AM1.58m
3:30PM1.78m
3:58AM1.44m
4:04PM1.69m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
4:52
4:56
4:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:45
9:43
9:40
 mm
2
2
Temp °C
13
13
13
14
19
18
16
13
12
13
15
16
16
14
12
11
11
11
13
13
13
13
12
Feels °C
11
11
10
11
17
14
13
9
8
8
8
9
11
10
9
8
8
8
10
9
8
8
7
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