Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 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
11.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Thurso Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 8PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)--
Afternoon (19 Nov)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (19 Nov)13ft (4.0m)10s

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

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Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
NNW
4
NNW
4
NNW
4
N
4
N
4
N
3.5
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.3
N
2
N
1.7
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.3
NNW
0.9
N
0.8
N
1.6
WSW
2
W
2.1
W
1.6
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)101010111111111111101010101010101079109111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3255325536343991425537052751207716411134849584450384301149116212582799436723524510
Wind
(km/h)
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
N
40
N
35
N
35
N
30
N
25
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
4.65
8:18AM
4.75
8:31PM
4.60
8:46AM
4.77
9:04PM
4.53
9:16AM
4.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
1.64
2:09AM
1.53
2:29PM
1.57
2:40AM
1.58
3:02PM
1.56
3:11AM
1.68
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise------8:12-------8:15-------8:18-
Sunset3:45-------3:44-------3:41-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
222212111---------------
Temp. °C444555555565444324566556
Feels °C (?)-8-7-7-6-7-6-5-4-3-200-1-2-2-4-5-2-2110-10
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