Thurso Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
13.3° C
0.0° 

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 (05 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 9PM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)--
Afternoon (05 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (05 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the SW by Sat morning).

Wed
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
N
8
2
N
8
2.4
N
7
2.1
N
7
1.9
NNW
7
1.6
NNW
7
1.4
NNW
6
1.3
NNW
6
0.8
N
6
0.7
N
6
0.7
WNW
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
5
0.7
W
6
0.8
W
6
1.3
W
7
1.9
W
8
2.2
W
9
2.1
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
262
441
623
470
316
214
151
111
48
36
22
22
25
30
44
162
476
735
700
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
SW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:46PM4.29m
1:55AM4.48m
2:44PM4.17m
3:01AM4.28m
3:55PM4.11m
Low Tide
7:47PM2.10m
8:27AM1.89m
8:50PM2.27m
9:36AM2.09m
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:13
5:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:27
9:24
9:22
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
12
12
12
12
11
12
12
13
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
15
15
14
Feels °C
11
6
5
5
6
5
6
6
8
11
10
10
9
9
9
8
10
11
11
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