Thurso (Beach) (Highland) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Sunny intervals changing to overcast by early evening.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, the wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding not recommended for beginners/intermediate

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    8 day forecast for Thurso (Beach)

    Today (18 May 2025)
    Time
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    N
    16
    NNE
    15
    NNE
    13
    NE
    13
    NE
    13
    NE
    13
    NE
    12
    ENE
    11
    ENE
    10
    ENE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    27
    25
    25
    25
    23
    22
    21
    19
    17
    15
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    72%
    71%
    68%
    71%
    74%
    77%
    83%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    UV 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed
    16
    15
    13
    13
    13
    13
    12
    11
    10
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (19 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    E
    7
    E
    6
    E
    5
    E
    5
    E
    4
    ENE
    4
    ENE
    4
    NE
    4
    NE
    5
    NNE
    5
    N
    6
    N
    7
    N
    8
    N
    8
    N
    8
    N
    8
    N
    8
    N
    8
    N
    7
    N
    7
    N
    5
    N
    4
    NNW
    4
    N
    3
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    12
    10
    9
    8
    8
    9
    11
    12
    14
    14
    16
    17
    18
    18
    18
    18
    17
    16
    14
    12
    9
    7
    6
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    90%
    91%
    92%
    93%
    93%
    90%
    86%
    85%
    83%
    77%
    75%
    74%
    72%
    69%
    66%
    67%
    69%
    71%
    73%
    78%
    88%
    93%
    95%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    6
    5
    5
    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    5
    6
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    5
    4
    4
    3
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (20 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    15°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    3
    N
    3
    WSW
    4
    WNW
    5
    NW
    9
    NW
    11
    NNW
    11
    N
    10
    NNE
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    6
    8
    9
    11
    18
    20
    20
    17
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    96%
    97%
    98%
    88%
    71%
    65%
    72%
    77%
    91%
    UV - - 1 1 4 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    3
    3
    4
    5
    9
    11
    11
    10
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    4
    5
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (21 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNE
    6
    N
    6
    N
    8
    N
    12
    NNE
    14
    NNE
    15
    NNE
    14
    NNE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    13
    17
    23
    25
    24
    22
    19
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    94%
    93%
    81%
    66%
    60%
    55%
    56%
    63%
    UV - 1 1 4 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    6
    8
    12
    14
    15
    14
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    6
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (22 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    10
    N
    10
    N
    12
    N
    14
    N
    14
    N
    14
    N
    14
    NNE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    19
    20
    23
    22
    22
    19
    13
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    70%
    71%
    62%
    56%
    52%
    55%
    57%
    67%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    12
    14
    14
    14
    14
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    1.1
    1.3
    1.2
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    8
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (23 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    9
    N
    9
    N
    11
    N
    12
    NNE
    12
    NNE
    11
    SSE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    13
    17
    19
    20
    19
    16
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    71%
    73%
    64%
    58%
    56%
    57%
    63%
    79%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    9
    9
    11
    12
    12
    11
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (24 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    7
    SSE
    8
    S
    9
    S
    11
    SE
    11
    ESE
    11
    SE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    9
    14
    17
    18
    18
    16
    10
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    90%
    77%
    64%
    55%
    55%
    60%
    81%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (25 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    7
    S
    7
    S
    8
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    12
    WSW
    12
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    10
    17
    19
    20
    19
    15
    10
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    89%
    77%
    63%
    60%
    64%
    66%
    84%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 18 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 19 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 20 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 21 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 22 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 23 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 24 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 25 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 25 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 25 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 25 May

    Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

    Headline:

    Dry and mainly sunny, some cloud northern and eastern coasts.

    Today:

    Early mist, fog and patches of low cloud clearing this morning. Then a dry and warm day with plenty of sunshine for most. However, areas cloud will feed into northern and eastern coasts at times, feeling cooler here. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

    Tonight:

    Dry with some late sunshine for most. Cloud will then feed into northern and eastern areas through the evening. Western coasts remaining mainly clear, but some fog patches in glens. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

    Monday:

    Cloud across the north and east will burn back to the coasts through the morning. Otherwise a dry, sunny day and still rather warm in the southwest. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Remaining dry with long spells of sunshine for most, but cloudier across northern and eastern areas at times. Northeasterly winds and remaining warm in west.

    Updated:

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