Can you swim at Thurso?

Yes. Rated Good in the latest annual classification. Thurso is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.

What is the water quality like at Thurso?

Thurso is rated Good in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons.

Has there been sewage at Thurso recently?

We do not have a live storm-overflow feed for Thurso, so we cannot say whether one has discharged nearby.

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Wednesday 2 September

Thurso

Yes. Rated Good in the latest annual classification.

Water quality only This says nothing about tides, rip currents, cold water shock or lifeguard cover. Cold water and currents are dangerous even when the water is clean. Read the local signs before you go in. What we cannot tell you.

Checked 03:24 UK time

Why this verdict

Annual classification: Good (positive factor)

Coverage for this site

SEPA does not publish a daily pollution-risk forecast or live storm-overflow data for bathing waters in Scotland, so this verdict reflects the most recent annual classification rather than today's conditions. We show live forecasts, sample readings and sewage-overflow alerts for England and Wales only.

Common questions

Can you swim at Thurso?: Yes. Rated Good in the latest annual classification. Thurso is a designated bathing water, so it is sampled and rated every season. This answer covers water quality only, not tides, currents or lifeguard cover.
What is the water quality like at Thurso?: Thurso is rated Good in the regulator's latest annual classification, a percentile taken over readings from up to four bathing seasons.
Has there been sewage at Thurso recently?: We do not have a live storm-overflow feed for Thurso, so we cannot say whether one has discharged nearby.

Where this data comes from

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