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Thurso Beach surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 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
8.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Thurso Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 5PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
WNW
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)131212121212121113121212111110101012111211121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1514127510828278277235945011001860628607526566379225153271188282367477446298
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
4.67
1:24AM
4.14
1:22PM
4.42
2:17AM
3.99
2:18PM
4.18
3:17AM
3.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
2.08
6:59PM
1.70
7:05AM
2.30
7:52PM
1.97
8:03AM
2.48
8:53PM
2.19
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise8:59-------8:57-------8:56-------
Sunset--3:42-------3:45-------3:47-----
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cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1------------4----11--
Temp. °C233344443323333356777789
Feels °C (?)-2-2-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-5-6-10-9-6-3-1-2-2020
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