World-class break
Thurso East
Thurso, Highland, United Kingdom58.602, -3.510Reef break · faces NNW (338°)
Spot guide
Thurso East is an NNW-facing reef break in Thurso, Highland, United Kingdom. It picks up swell from W to WNW and WNW to NNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 64% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the SSE: light winds or SSE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NNW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Reef
- Faces
- NNW (338°)
- Best swell
- WNW to NNE (300°–30°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- ESE to SSW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–12 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- W to WNW (277.5° to 292.5°); WNW to NNW (294.5° to 331.5°)
- Offshore wind
- SSE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet