Hakshtot (Ashdod) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s get into it.

The next couple of weeks are looking pretty flat and uninspiring for the most part, with only a couple of fleeting moments that might get your hopes up. We’ve got a big gap of nothingness coming up, so patience is the name of the game.

Right now, and for the next week and a half, it’s a struggle. The water temperature at Hakshtot (Ashdod) is sitting at 86°, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – that’s a solid 5° above the long-term average, so you’re basically surfing in bathwater.

For Saturday the 12th through to the middle of the week after, the swell is tiny, generally around 1 ft to 2 ft from the NW, with short periods of just 5 or 6 seconds. The combined wave energy is weak, never cracking triple digits, so it’s just not doing anything. Winds are mostly onshore or glassy, but with that little bit of swell, it’s not worth paddling out for.

There’s a glimmer on the morning of Thursday the 17th of September. We get a little NW groundswell at 2 ft with a 7-second period. It’s not big, but the wind swings light cross-offshore from the SSW, and the wave comment says it’s “surfable but very ordinary.” It’s a beginner wave at best, and you’ll be scratching for anything decent. The combined energy is still low at 49, so don’t expect much.

Then we hit a proper dry spell. From the 18th all the way through to the 26th of September, the swell just gives up entirely – we’re looking at tiny 0.3 ft to 2 ft waves with pathetic energy. There’s a solid 8-day gap where I wouldn’t even bother looking at the ocean for surfing.

The only real standout, and I mean the *only* one worth circling on your calendar, is the morning of Sunday the 27th of September. Finally, the swell picks up to 3 ft from the WNW, with a 5-second period. The combined energy bumps up to 66 – still not massive, but it’s the best we’ve seen. The wind is light cross-onshore from the N at 10 km/h, keeping it rideable. It’s a marginal call, but for this area in this outlook, that’s the pick of the bunch. It’s not a classic, but it’s something to look forward to after all that flatness.

Overall, don’t hold your breath until that last Sunday. Keep an eye on the forecasts though, because things can change.

Rusty.

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