Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
14.0° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thurso Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 8AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
3
WSW
4.5
W
5
W
3.5
W
2.2
W
0.9
N
1.8
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.3
N
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.8
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
1.9
N
2.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)151510109710101010997881089999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178237713970480417825071486377686744772872043342736121147134212881316111410496541023
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
45
SW
60
WSW
60
WSW
50
W
35
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
SE
25
S
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
45
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
4.32
7:25PM
4.52
8:15AM
4.54
8:10PM
4.78
8:53AM
4.69
8:48PM
4.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
2.17
1:43AM
1.49
1:59PM
1.92
2:25AM
1.26
2:37PM
1.71
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:48-------6:50-------6:52------
Sunset-----7:25-------7:23-------7:21--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14141415141312111113141515131111101191010101010
Feels °C (?)653456899978986668032211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind at Sandwood Bay have swung cross-off (light winds from the SSW at Lochinver 44 km from Sandwood Bay). 4.4m 8s swell from the SW with a 0.9m 11s groundswell from the NNW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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30 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.0
Air / Water (°C)
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