Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s cut to it—this forecast window is a lean one. We’ve got a long stretch of poor-to-marginal surf ahead, so don’t get your hopes up for the next week and a half. The first week is basically a write-off, with only a couple of tiny glassy windows that are worth a glance if you’re desperate.

From August 2nd through the 11th, Haubush (reef) is getting hammered with east-northeast cross-shore winds, and the swell is short-period and messy. The first two days, the 2nd and 3rd, are total washouts—swell around 1.9m and 1.7m from the east, but it’s lumpy, chopped-up, and just ugly. Energy’s weak to moderate, in the 300-500 range on the 3rd, but quality’s poor. Not worth paddling out.

The only real glimmer comes on Tuesday afternoon, August 4th: the wind goes glassy, and there’s 1.0m of east swell with an 11-second period. Energy reads 414, and it’s the cleanest we’ll see all week, but it’s small and marginal. Wednesday afternoon, the 5th, has another glassy window with 0.9m, but again, that’s about it. From the 6th through the 11th, we’re back to fresh cross-shore winds, lumpy chop, and swell that’s either too weak or from the wrong direction. There’s a touch of long-period south-southwest groundswell on the 7th and 10th, but it’s tiny—0.4m to 0.9m—and buried under the wind.

Now, the second week opens up a bit. Around August 12th and 13th, we get a proper south swell pushing in, with combined energy jumping to four digits—over 1000, like 1024 on the 12th morning and 1162 that afternoon. Swell heights are 1.2m to 1.3m, with periods around 16-18 seconds—that’s real groundswell. But the ENE cross-shore winds are still there, so it’s not clean, and that long period will likely make it break a bit straight at this reef. It’s marginal, not firing. Thursday the 13th has a risk of thunderstorms and light rain, with 1.3m at 15-16 seconds, but again, cross-shore and lumpy. The 14th and 15th keep that south swell, but it drops to 1.1m-1.2m, periods around 15-16 seconds, energy in the 700-800 range. Still cross-shore, still not clean.

The 17th (Monday) sees a shift back to east swell at 1.5m, but the period drops to 8 seconds, and a moderate cross-shore wind chops it up. Marginal at best.

So, the standout, if I had to pick one, is the afternoon of August 12th—1.2m of south swell at 17 seconds, energy at 1162. It’s the most power we see all period, but it’s still cross-shore, so it’s not going to be epic. For clean conditions, the 4th and 5th afternoons are your best bet in the first week, but they’re tiny. Otherwise, it’s a waiting game. No big days here, so keep expectations low and hope the wind plays nice later.

Rusty out.

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