Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 21 Dec 2025 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
10.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)10ft (3.0m)17s
Afternoon (21 Dec)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (21 Dec)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
2.4
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2
W
1.8
WNW
1.6
W
1.4
WNW
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)161617161616151514141313121212111111161514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88228985304519750054524361729302221148711628655894803302972351884526961121142214621376
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
WSW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
4.75
9:34PM
4.42
9:39AM
4.75
10:11PM
4.40
10:13AM
4.71
10:49PM
4.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
1.76
3:25PM
1.54
3:32AM
1.79
4:01PM
1.54
4:07AM
1.85
4:37PM
1.56
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
Sunrise---9:02-------9:03-------9:03----
Sunset----3:19-------3:21-------3:21---
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------21-------11--
Temp. °C878888888888898888888899
Feels °C (?)112233322222222355563355
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