Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
13.1°C
1.1° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 3PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (06 Oct)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (06 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 12°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
3
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
WNW
11
3
WNW
11
2.5
WNW
11
2.5
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
11
2.1
W
10
2
W
11
2
W
11
2
W
10
2
W
10
1.9
WNW
10
2.1
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
11
2.2
WNW
12
2.1
WNW
12
2
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
1.2
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2504
2015
1692
1374
1121
988
917
917
899
865
769
936
1256
1302
1259
1150
966
724
622
460
331
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NW
10
SE
25
SE
35
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:14PM4.39m
7:14AM4.48m
7:12PM4.68m
8:00AM4.70m
7:58PM4.93m
Low Tide
12:10PM2.32m
00:43AM1.60m
1:06PM2.03m
1:33AM1.30m
1:51PM1.76m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
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7:28
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7:30
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7:31
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6:35
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6:31
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6:29
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1
1
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1
Temp °C
11
12
11
10
9
9
8
8
9
11
11
9
10
9
9
9
9
9
10
9
8
Feels °C
5
5
5
6
4
4
3
3
4
5
6
4
5
4
4
3
5
6
7
3
0
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