Ha Golshim Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, Rusty here. Look, I'm gonna be straight with you – this outlook for Ha Golshim is a tough one. We're looking at a 16-day window starting from today, 14 July, but honestly, there's a massive gap of over a week where you're not gonna find anything worth paddling out for. The first real glimmer doesn't show up until the morning of Saturday, 26 July, and even then, it's a real "maybe" situation.

The water's sitting at about 82°, which is roughly a degree warmer than usual for this time of year – a nice little anomaly, but it won't be the main story.

Let's walk through it. From the 14th right through to the 24th, it's a write-off. Swell is tiny, often under 3 ft, with a short period of 6 to 8 seconds, and the wind is mostly onshore or cross-shore. The combined wave energy is weak, reading between 7 and 136 – there's just no grunt in the water. It's all classed as "poor surf conditions," and for a sheltered spot like Ha Golshim that needs a WNW swell direction, it's just not happening.

Then, on Friday the 24th, we finally see a bit of a pulse. The swell jumps to 5 ft–5 ft from the WNW with an 8-second period, and the combined energy hits 306 to 346 – that's moderate energy, at least. But the wind is cross-onshore and choppy, and the wave comment is still "poor surf conditions." It's a tease, not a goer.

The best of a bad bunch comes on the morning of Saturday, 26 July. The swell is 4 ft from the WNW with an 8-second period, and the combined energy is 165 (moderate). The wind is a light cross-onshore from the NNW at just 3 mph, creating small wind ripples. It's the only time in the whole window that the forecast calls it "marginal" rather than outright poor. This is the only morning you might get a few grovelly ones, but don't expect much. Ha Golshim is an inconsistent, sheltered beginner spot, and the crowds are sometimes here, so you might have a few others scratching around for the same scraps.

After that, Monday the 27th has a morning with 3 ft from the WNW and glassy conditions, but the energy is only 88 (weak) and it's still "marginal." Then it's back to poor conditions for the rest of the run.

There's nothing here to get excited about. If you're desperate, the morning of the 26th is your only shot. Otherwise, you're better off waiting for a better forecast. This is one of those blank runs that's pretty normal for the area – sometimes it just doesn't line up.

Rusty.

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