Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Thurso Beach sea temperature is
13.2°C
1.1° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 13s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 3PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (04 Oct)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (04 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Sun night, light winds from the WSW by Tue night).

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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)
1
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0
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0
0
0
0
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2
1
1
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
11
3.5
W
11
3.5
W
12
3.5
W
13
4
W
13
4
W
13
4
W
12
4
W
12
4
W
12
4.5
WNW
11
5
WNW
12
5
WNW
12
5
WNW
13
4.5
WNW
13
4
WNW
12
3.5
WNW
12
3
WNW
11
3
WNW
11
3
WNW
11
2.5
WNW
11
2.5
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2099
3132
3919
4514
4699
4829
4473
4177
4108
4663
6133
7760
8025
6219
4136
3304
2609
2285
1939
1661
1485
Wind (km/h)
45
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
45
SW
50
WSW
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
30
W
20
W
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:22PM4.06m
4:46AM4.01m
4:58PM4.14m
6:14AM4.22m
6:14PM4.39m
Low Tide
9:03AM2.49m
10:03PM2.14m
10:49AM2.53m
11:37PM1.93m
12:10PM2.32m
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light rain
light rain
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light rain
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clear
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7:22
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7:26
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7:28
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6:39
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6:37
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6:35
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1
2
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Temp °C
16
14
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
12
12
11
10
10
9
10
10
11
11
10
9
Feels °C
8
7
8
7
8
6
6
5
6
3
3
3
2
3
2
4
4
3
4
5
4
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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