Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I’ll be straight with you – the next two weeks are a real mixed bag. We’re staring down the barrel of a long stretch of average to poor conditions before a glimmer of something worthwhile shows up. The water’s sitting at a warm 80°, which is pretty much spot on for this time of year, so at least you won’t need a wetsuit.

Let’s start with the here and now. Saturday the 18th: not much to write home about. We’ve got a 5ft easterly swell at Haubush, but the wind is a strong cross-shore, gusting 25 mph, and it’s just messy. The combined swell energy is a moderate 447, but the whole setup is a write-off. Sunday the 19th is the same story – 4ft, cross-shore wind, lumpy. We’re in a real dry spell.

Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st are a bit of a tease. There’s a long-period groundswell from the south, 16 seconds, giving a combined energy around 546 to 630, but the swell heights are tiny (2ft to 3ft) and the wind is still cross-shore or cross-onshore. It’s a marginal call at best.

Then we hit a proper blank run. From Wednesday the 22nd right through to Sunday the 27th, the surf is either poor or just marginal. The combined energy spikes up – we’re talking 802, 1020, even 1257 – but it’s all coming from the SSW or SSE with a cross-shore wind that’s fresh and lumpy. It’s kite-surfing weather, not paddle-surfing weather. The swell is there, but the quality is shot.

Now, late in the window, we get a bit of hope. The real standout is the afternoon of Tuesday the 28th of July. Haubush (reef) will have a solid 6ft easterly swell, with a combined energy of 1337. The wind finally swings to a gentle cross-offshore breeze from the NE, cleaning the faces right up. It’s clean, it’s got energy, and it’s sized for experienced surfers – that 6ft is solid, so not one for beginners. The period is 13 seconds, good groundswell, and the easterly direction is a decent match for the reef’s optimum SSE exposure. This is your best bet, but it’s a week and a half away, so keep an eye on it.

The week after that, from the 29th, things drop off again. The cross-shore wind comes back, the swell energy drops, and we’re back to poor surf. The pattern is clear: we’ve got a long gap of average conditions, one clean afternoon on the 28th, then a return to the doldrums.

Rusty.

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