Thurso Reef surfForecast / Scot – North Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Oct 2025 BST
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Thurso Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thurso Reef sea temperature is
13.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thurso Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Thurso Reef at 7PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 02). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)--
Afternoon (02 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (02 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.8
W
1.2
W
5
WSW
5.5
W
7.5
WNW
8.5
WNW
9
WNW
9
WNW
9
NW
8.5
NW
7.5
NW
6.5
NW
6
NW
5
NW
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111110109101012131314141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69552644238936935028422431920612524652256198161282283126252320943021624709187491263790866082
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
SE
45
SSE
60
SSE
65
S
75
SSW
65
W
65
WNW
65
WNW
75
WNW
75
WNW
75
WNW
70
WNW
65
WNW
60
WNW
55
WNW
45
WNW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:50PM
4.00
6:43AM
4.11
6:45PM
4.31
7:27AM
4.43
7:29PM
4.65
8:04AM
4.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
2.14
12:46PM
2.29
1:10AM
1.76
1:29PM
1.95
1:50AM
1.39
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:20-------7:22-------7:26-
Sunset6:45-------6:43-------6:39-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1522--1-28-22313211-----
Temp. °C16141413141212131113111011109999101010101112
Feels °C (?)14865868922-2-6-2-3-5-6-7-6-4-4-3-225
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Sandwood Bay (light winds from the ESE at Lochinver 44 km from Sandwood Bay). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the WNW to make surfable waves.

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20 km/h
SSE
0.0
13.3
Air / Water (°C)
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