Ha Golshim Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Aye, what’s the craic, surfers? Rusty here. Look, I’ve got to be straight with you – the outlook for the next 16 days at Ha Golshim is a tough one. We’re looking at a long, drawn-out period of small, poor surf. There’s not a single standout session in the whole window. The swell is weak and the wind is mostly messy, so don’t be expecting a classic session anytime soon.

The first real bit of surf we see is a tiny pulse of 2ft WNW swell rolling in early on Saturday morning, 29 August. The combined energy is a pathetic 58 – barely a whisper of wave energy. The wind is a moderate cross-shore from the SSW, which is blowing across the face, making it look a bit rubbish. The water is a touch warmer than normal at 85°.

That afternoon, the swell picks up a little to 4ft from the W, but the period is a terrible 5 seconds, and the wind swings cross-onshore at 19 mph, so it’s just lumpy, choppy, and not worth getting wet for.

Sunday 30 August sees the biggest swell of the whole forecast at 6ft from the WNW, with an 8-second period and a combined energy of 352 – that’s actually moderate energy. But again, the wind is cross-onshore from the W at 9 mph in the morning, ramping up to 12 mph in the afternoon. It’s going to be a choppy, messy affair. The waves will be there, but with the onshore wind, it’s just a washing machine. Not a beginner-friendly day either, as 6ft is starting to push the limits.

After that, it’s a slow, sad fade. The rest of the week and into the next sees nothing but small, weak pulses – 2ft, 1ft, with periods of 6 to 7 seconds. The combined energy stays in the teens and twenties. We get a few glassy windows – like Wednesday morning 2 September, Thursday morning 3 September, and Saturday morning 5 September – but with only 2ft to 2ft of NW swell, it’s just not enough to do anything with. The waves will be gutless, and you’ll be floating around in no-man’s land.

The second week, from 7 September onwards, is more of the same. Tiny waves, mostly cross-onshore or onshore winds, and the energy barely registers. There’s a clean morning on Tuesday 8 September with a cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is a paltry 1.0ft. It’s just not happening.

Honestly, for a sheltered spot like Ha Golshim, which is already inconsistent, this run of small, wind-effected surf is a proper blank. The only positive is that with such weak swell, the beginner-friendly nature of the break is irrelevant, as there’s nothing to catch. The setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer on those stronger wind days. Keep your board in the car and your eye on the forecast – it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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