Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a good hard look at what’s on the menu for the next couple of weeks at Haubush. Honestly, I gotta be straight with you – it’s a pretty grim stretch. From now (starting Saturday the 29th of August) all the way through to Wednesday the 9th of September, the on-shore wind just won’t give it a rest. That persistent ENE wind is coming straight across, and the water’s gonna be a lumpy, cross-chop mess. We’ve got a whole bunch of days where the wave comment is simply "poor surf conditions" and the score is a zero. That’s a solid 12-day drought of looks that are just plain ugly. The swell is there, but the wind kills it dead. For the first few days, the combined swell energy is moderate, in the 400s to 700s range, but it doesn’t matter one bit with that cross-shore howling.

Now, if you’re desperate, there’s a tiny flicker of hope on Thursday the 10th of September morning. We get a marginal nod with a score of 1 out of 10. Swell drops back to 5ft from the ENE, and the wind does ease a little to a moderate breeze from the E at 12 mph. It’s still cross-shore though, with a cross-chop. It’ll be a session for the die-hards, no doubt.

But the only true standout that even gets close to worthwhile is Saturday the 12th of September morning. It’s still a "marginal" call with a score of 1 out of 10, but you get a 5ft swell from the E with a period of 8 seconds. The combined swell energy bumps up to a more solid 842. The wind is a moderate breeze from the E at 16 mph, but still cross-shore. For this spot, that’s the best you’re gonna see in the whole window. It won’t be clean, but it’ll have some push. The rest of that weekend? Back to poor, onshore crap.

Even the bigger pulses – like that 15ft monster on Sunday the 6th of September (combined energy a massive 4827) – are ruined by a near gale cross-shore wind. That kind of setup is not for paddling; that’s a kite-surfing dream and a paddle-surfing nightmare. Overall, this stretch is a write-off for decent, clean waves. The water temp is 81° with a negligible anomaly of 0.7°, so it’s about average for the time of year – which is a small comfort for a cold wash.

Rusty.

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