Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 26 Oct 2025 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
12.8° 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 5PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (26 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (26 Oct)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
3
2
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
N
1.8
N
1.4
N
1.3
N
1.5
NNE
1.4
N
1.8
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.3
WNW
2.5
NW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)111211111110101212121111101010101010101413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10658575023894674086371323151313201605769473386276225233282277753757610477380
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
15
SW
15
SE
5
ENE
25
NE
25
N
40
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
15
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
4.46
11:00PM
4.13
11:10AM
4.27
11:49PM
3.92
11:58AM
4.07
1:01AM
3.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:00PM
1.93
5:09AM
2.19
5:42PM
2.12
5:52AM
2.44
6:36PM
2.30
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Sunrise7:13-------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset--4:39-------4:37-------4:35-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
-141--1-111----1-----22-
Temp. °C755768888887665578877777
Feels °C (?)101502-1-1-1-112331123532234
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