Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, it's Rusty here. Let's be straight with you – this outlook is a tough one. The 16-day window for Haubush is a real mixed bag, and honestly, it's a lot of waiting for very little reward. This reef setup is a fairly consistent spot, but the wind and swell just aren't lining up for us.

Right from the start, we're dealing with a solid pulse of easterly swell. Saturday morning, August 1st, we've got a chunky 10ft swell from the east, but the wind is a strong onshore breeze from the ENE at 28 mph. The surf is just blown out with a messy cross-chop, making it unrideable. The combined swell energy is a hefty 1293, but it's all for nothing.

That onshore ENE wind sticks around like a bad cold for the next few days. Through Sunday and Monday, the swell drops from 6ft to 4ft, but the wind is still a fresh to moderate cross-shore. It's not until Monday afternoon, August 3rd, that the wind turns a little cross-offshore, cleaning things up. The swell is a tiny 4ft from the east with a short 8-second period, and the energy is weak at 380. It's clean, but there's hardly any push.

We get a tiny glimmer of hope on Tuesday, August 4th. The wind drops right out in the afternoon, going cross-offshore with a light breeze. The swell is 4ft from the east, but the period stretches to 11 seconds, giving it a bit more shape. The conditions are clean. It's the best of a bad bunch, but still only a marginal surf.

The rest of the first week and into the second is a write-off. The swell stays tiny, the wind is mostly a fresh cross-shore from the ENE, and the water temp is about average for this time of year. We see some long-period swell around 15 to 18 seconds from the SSW, but the heights are only 1ft to 3ft. That much period with no height is just a tease. The only real standout is a glassy moment on Wednesday afternoon, August 5th, with a 1ft swell from the SSW and a 15-second period, but it's more of a pond than a wave.

From the 10th of August onward, the wind gets back up, and it's the same story: messy cross-shore conditions and weak, inconsistent swell. The entire run is plagued by poor surf conditions. For a fairly consistent break like Haubush, this is a real bummer. The only suggestion I've got is to keep an eye on Tuesday afternoon, August 4th, for the cleanest conditions, but don't expect much power. Otherwise, it's a long wait.

Rusty, signing off.

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