Surf Break

Lat Long: 58.60° N 3.52° W

Thurso Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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

Thurso Reef 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 Reef today (03 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Thurso Reef at 1PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (03 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (03 Oct)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun night, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SW on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the SW by Sun night).

Saturday
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
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)
2
1
0
0
1
3
3
3
2
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
WNW
11
1.3
W
11
1.2
W
10
1.1
W
10
2
W
10
1.8
W
9
1.9
W
9
1.8
W
9
2.3
W
10
3
W
10
3
W
11
3
W
11
3.5
W
12
3.5
W
13
3.5
W
13
4
W
12
4
W
12
3.5
W
12
3.5
W
11
4
WNW
11
4
WNW
11
4
WNW
12
4.5
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
478
388
302
240
761
544
573
521
943
1695
2099
2472
3708
4029
4212
4429
4122
3717
3335
3338
4111
4409
5955
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
SW
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:27AM4.28m
1:53PM4.20m
2:58AM4.03m
3:22PM4.06m
4:46AM4.01m
4:58PM4.14m
Low Tide
7:41AM2.19m
8:24PM2.09m
9:03AM2.49m
10:03PM2.14m
10:49AM2.53m
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Temp °C
10
10
10
13
13
12
11
11
13
14
15
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15
15
16
15
15
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14
13
12
11
10
Feels °C
5
5
4
7
7
7
6
5
7
7
9
9
10
8
9
6
6
7
8
5
4
4
3
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