Ha Golshim Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the next couple weeks. I’ll be honest with ya, it’s a pretty bleak stretch for any real surf out at Ha Golshim. This spot is a sheltered little beginner wave, and it looks like it’s going to be mostly starved for swell and messed up by wind for the vast majority of the forecast period.

The first week is a write-off, to be frank. From Saturday the 12th right through to the end of Thursday the 17th, the call is “poor surf conditions” every single session. The swell is tiny for days, hanging around 1 ft to 2 ft with short, weak periods of 5 to 6 seconds, and combined wave energy is well below 100 (weak). Winds are mostly onshore or cross-onshore, keeping things messy. There’s a bit of a tease early on the morning of Wednesday the 16th with a small increase in swell to 3 ft from the WNW, but it’s short period and gets blown out by the afternoon. Not worth paddling out for.

Finally, on the morning of Friday the 18th, things improve just a touch. We get a cleaner window with light offshore winds (light cross-off from the S) and the surf turns “surfable but very ordinary”. Swell size is small at 3 ft from the WNW with a 8-second period, but the combined energy is still weak (88). It's the only period that even rates a “1” in the entire outlook. If you’re an absolute beginner and just want to sit on a board in clean water, you could time that Friday morning session. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so nothing special.

Then it’s right back to poor conditions for the next week. A bit more hopeful around the 16th to the 17th of September where the swell bumps up to 4 ft to 5 ft from the WNW, with a period stretching to 8 and 9 seconds, and the energy ticks up into the moderate zone (172 to 275). But the afternoon winds are onshore and strong at 12 mph, which will make it a choppy mess for a paddle. For a sheltered, beginner break that is inconsistent, those conditions aren’t going to produce anything fun.

Honestly, there are no standouts here. The conditions are so consistently poor that it’s not worth getting hopes up. For a break like Ha Golshim, which is already inconsistent, a blank run like this is normal. Keep an eye on the charts, because it usually doesn’t stay this poor for long, but for now, I’d leave the board in the car.

Rusty

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