Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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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 (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Beach at 2PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (26 Sep)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (26 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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)
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
3
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
W
13
3
W
12
3
W
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.3
WNW
11
2.1
W
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.9
WNW
11
1.8
W
10
1.7
W
10
1.6
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.4
W
10
1.5
W
10
1.6
W
11
1.9
W
11
1.3
W
11
1.9
W
11
2
W
12
2.2
W
12
2.1
W
11
2
W
11
1.9
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2870
2770
2221
1558
1230
1084
862
846
720
621
524
470
400
489
618
872
408
888
1055
1277
1068
941
819
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
20
SSW
10
W
20
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
S
15
SSE
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
9:10AM4.86m
9:14PM5.10m
9:40AM4.98m
9:45PM5.19m
10:11AM5.02m
Low Tide
2:59AM1.19m
3:11PM1.42m
3:32AM1.05m
3:44PM1.29m
4:06AM0.99m
4:18PM1.25m
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Temp °C
12
12
12
14
15
13
13
12
12
12
15
15
14
10
10
9
9
8
11
14
14
13
12
Feels °C
6
6
7
9
10
9
8
7
7
7
9
8
10
8
6
4
4
3
5
9
9
10
8
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