Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
13.2°C
0.9° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 11PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)--
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (27 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Sun afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the SE by Tue night).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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)
1
0
1
2
1
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.8
W
11
2.1
W
11
1.2
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.8
W
11
2
W
12
2
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.7
W
10
1.6
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.3
W
11
1.2
W
10
1
W
10
0.8
W
10
0.7
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
365
486
757
1065
342
875
814
1058
934
835
804
621
530
495
388
302
194
122
90
Wind (km/h)
30
SSE
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:45PM5.19m
10:11AM5.02m
10:19PM5.20m
10:44AM4.99m
Low Tide
3:44PM1.29m
4:06AM0.99m
4:18PM1.25m
4:40AM1.03m
4:55PM1.29m
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:09
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7:11
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7:00
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6:57
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6:54
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 mm
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4
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Temp °C
13
9
10
9
9
10
12
14
15
14
13
13
11
11
12
12
12
11
11
Feels °C
7
2
3
4
4
5
6
8
11
12
10
10
7
6
6
4
4
3
3
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