Thurso Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
13.5°C
0.8° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 3PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Fri morning).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
NW
9
1.7
NW
8
1.1
W
10
1.1
W
9
1
W
9
1
W
9
0.9
W
8
0.6
W
8
0.6
W
8
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
7
0.8
W
8
0.8
W
8
1.2
W
11
1.7
W
10
2
W
6
2
W
7
2.1
W
7
2.2
W
8
2.2
W
9
2.1
W
10
2.5
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
645
381
230
198
157
151
108
48
44
70
70
70
72
76
329
621
301
364
428
619
800
830
1599
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
8:16AM4.69m
8:17PM4.95m
9:00AM4.89m
9:00PM5.19m
9:38AM5.00m
9:38PM5.31m
Low Tide
1:50AM1.36m
2:08PM1.71m
2:35AM1.05m
2:50PM1.49m
3:16AM0.87m
3:29PM1.34m
cloud
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clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
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light rain
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clear
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part cloud
clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:30
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:52
7:50
7:46
 mm
1
Temp °C
10
10
11
12
13
13
11
11
11
11
12
13
14
15
14
14
12
11
12
13
14
13
12
Feels °C
4
5
6
7
10
11
7
7
7
7
7
8
11
11
10
9
6
4
4
6
7
8
8
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