Ha Golshim Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ve gotta be straight with you—this 16-day stretch for Ha Golshim is a tough one. We’re looking at a real quiet spell, with nothing in the way of decent surf for the first week and a half or so. The first real chance to even think about getting wet doesn’t appear until the very end of the period, and even then it’s a long shot.

The water’s sitting at 82°—a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, which is nice if you’re just floating around, but not much help for the waves.

For the first week, from Monday the 13th of July all the way through to Saturday the 25th of July, it’s pretty much a write-off. We’ve got tiny swell—1 ft to 3 ft—with a short period of 5 to 8 seconds, and the combined energy is weak, hanging around 5 to 111. The wind is mostly onshore or cross-onshore, especially in the afternoons, which just messes up that already small, weak surf. The mornings are a bit better with some light cross-shore breezes, but the wave quality is consistently rated as poor. There’s one morning on Thursday the 16th that gets a *marginal* nod, but even then it’s 3 ft at 8 seconds with cross-onshore wind—nothing to race out for.

The only faint glimmer comes on Sunday the 26th of July. The morning is glassy, with a light wind from the west, and the swell bumps up just a little to 3 ft from the WNW at 7 seconds. The combined energy is still weak at 59, but that glassy surface means it’ll be clean. It’s small and weak, but for a beginner spot that’s inconsistent, it’s the best we’ve got. The crowd is *sometimes* an issue here, so you might have a few others with the same idea. After that, Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th are back to the same tiny, poor surf.

So, the standout—if you can call it that—is Sunday the 26th of July morning. It’s the only time in the whole 16 days where the conditions line up for a clean, surfable wave. It’s not going to be pumping, but it’ll be the best on offer.

Rusty.

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