Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
12.9°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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 5PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (10 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (10 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon night, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
W
12
4
WNW
13
4
WNW
13
4
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
13
3.5
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
11
2.3
WNW
11
2
WNW
10
1.8
WNW
10
1.6
WNW
10
1.5
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1
W
10
0.9
WNW
10
0.8
W
10
0.7
W
10
0.5
W
9
0.4
WNW
9
0.3
W
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3536
5415
5415
5131
4555
3227
2517
1665
1253
853
637
490
391
276
196
157
117
90
43
27
27
Wind (km/h)
40
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
NNW
10
ESE
15
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
10
SE
20
SE
30
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:12AM4.94m
9:14PM5.17m
9:43AM4.96m
9:49PM5.13m
10:13AM4.92m
Low Tide
3:06PM1.38m
3:29AM0.99m
3:41PM1.32m
4:02AM1.10m
4:15PM1.34m
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
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clear
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clear
clear
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7:37
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7:39
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7:41
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6:22
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6:20
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6:17
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 mm
1
1
2
2
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1
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Temp °C
11
11
10
10
10
9
10
10
10
10
10
9
8
9
9
9
9
12
14
11
13
Feels °C
3
3
3
5
5
3
4
4
5
6
8
6
4
4
4
4
4
9
13
7
7
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