Surf forecast · United Kingdom · Scotland
Surf forecast Thurso East today
Waves, swell and wind at Thurso East (Scotland, United Kingdom) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.
These numbers are more than 7 hours old, so they are hidden. Open the live waves map for the current sea. Open the waves map centred on Thurso East
Right now
Good offshore.
Thurso East surf forecast, next 3 days
- Flat
- Small
- Fun
- Good
- Big
Saturday 24 October
No daylight hours left today: see tomorrow.
Sunday 25 October
Fun Best window 08:00–11:00: fun, cross-shore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 2.2 m · 8 s ↑W | 1.5 m · 9 s ↑W | 36–63 km/h ↑W cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 7.1 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 0.3 m · 9 s ↑SW | 61–107 km/h ↑NW cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 7.9 m · 11 s ↑WNW | 0.2 m · 9 s ↑NNW | 61–106 km/h ↑WNW cross-shore |
Monday 26 October
Big Best window 16:00–17:00: big, offshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 4.0 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 3.5 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 17–28 km/h ↑SSW offshore |
| 12:00 | 3.3 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 3.3 m · 8 s ↑WNW | 16–25 km/h ↑S offshore |
| 15:00 | 2.7 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 2.3 m · 8 s ↑WNW | 23–40 km/h ↑SE offshore |
Tuesday 27 October
Fun Best window 07:00–10:00: fun, offshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 1.4 m · 6 s ↑SSW | 0.8 m · 8 s ↑W | 49–83 km/h ↑S offshore |
| 12:00 | 1.7 m · 6 s ↑SW | 0.8 m · 8 s ↑W | 47–81 km/h ↑SW offshore |
| 15:00 | 2.4 m · 6 s ↑WSW | 0.6 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 52–90 km/h ↑WSW cross-shore |
Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.
Forecast for Sat 20:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 19:11 UTC
Waves map around Thurso East
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Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.
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Questions
- Is there surf at Thurso East today?
- Good: waves 1.8 m at 8 s from SW, swell 1.3 m · 9 s W (Sat 20:00).
- Is the wind offshore at Thurso East?
- Wind 17 km/h from S: offshore for a beach facing N.
- When is the best time to surf Thurso East today?
- No daylight hours are left today; the table shows the next days.
- How warm is the water at Thurso East?
- 12.4 °C
- Where do the numbers come from?
- The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.
Nearby surf spots
Brims Ness 10 km · Pease Bay 306 km · Machrihanish 380 km · Tynemouth Longsands 420 km · Portrush 424 km · Saltburn-by-the-Sea 474 km
How it is computed
Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Thurso East, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.