Ha Golshim Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, grab a coffee, this one’s a bit of a dry spell. I’m Rusty.

Let’s be straight with you – Ha Golshim is a sheltered beginner spot, and it’s been struggling. The entire 16-day run is a long stretch of poor surf conditions. There’s a massive gap from now, with absolutely nothing worth paddling out for until later in July, and even then, it’s a no-go.

Right from the word go, Thursday the 9th of July, we’ve got a tiny 3ft swell from the WNW, but the wind is a cross-on mess at 9 mph, chopping it up. The energy is weak, only 94 (combined energy), and it’s labelled poor. Water’s sitting at 82°, which is a touch warmer than normal for the time of year, if that’s any comfort. Friday and Saturday are just as sad – wave heights drop to 2ft, with winds going onshore in the afternoons. Saturday morning and Sunday morning are glassy, but with a pathetic 1ft to 2ft swell and energy as low as 14, you’d be bobbing around on a lake. It’s just not happening.

We roll through the whole first week, then into the second. There’s a brief flicker around Wednesday the 15th of July morning, where the period picks up to a long 9 seconds on a 2ft swell, taking the energy up to 49, but the wind is light cross-shore. It’s still labelled poor. The pattern doesn’t change. Many of these mornings have light cross-shore winds, but with average swell height rarely pushing 3ft and the energy never cracking three digits, there’s no quality, no power, and no reason to get wet.

The end of the run, through to Friday the 24th of July, is more of the same: tiny, wind-affected, and flat. Ha Golshim is inconsistent at the best of times, and this forecast is a perfect example of that. It’s a blank run, and for this area, that’s not unusual. If you’re a beginner, the glassy mornings might be good for a practice paddle, but for actual surf, there’s nothing on offer.

Rusty.

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