Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again, giving you the same story but in feet and miles per hour.

This 16-day stretch for Haubush is a rough one. We’re looking at a long dry spell from Saturday the 22nd of August all the way through the end of the month. That’s a solid 10 days with nothing worth paddling for. The wind is howling from the ENE, mostly cross-shore, at 20 to 25 mph, and it’s churning the surface into a lumpy, choppy mess. There’s swell, but it’s junk.

The tides turn as we hit September. Tuesday the 1st shows a little pulse, with swell around 6 ft, but the energy is moderate (978) and the wind is still cross-shore, so it’s marginal. The real standout, the one to wait for, is Wednesday afternoon, the 2nd of September. That’s when we get a clean window. Swell is a fun 3 ft from the south (S), with a long period of 16 seconds. That’s proper groundswell. The wind switches to a light cross-offshore from the NE at around 9 mph, which will keep the faces clean and glassy. The combined energy is strong at 775, so there’s some push. For a reef like Haubush, that long-period S swell is ideal. The water temp is about 81°F, pretty average for the time of year.

After that, the quality drops. Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th get messy with onshore wind. The swell bumps up to 6 ft on the 4th, but it’s a short-period E windswell with cross-shore wind, so it’s expert-only and blown out. The final weekend, the 5th and 6th, sees the swell drop to 3 ft, but it’s clean and long-period. The problem is the wind is a gale – 34 to 40 mph – so you’ll be getting blown off the water.

Best bet: the afternoon of Wednesday, the 2nd of September. That’s your clean, long-period groundswell with light offshore winds. The rest is a write-off.

Rusty.

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