Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right off the bat, the surf window for Haubush is looking pretty grim. There’s nothing rideable for the first few days, and we’re looking at a real dry spell before anything even gets close to worth paddling out for. The water is sitting at 81° with an anomaly of 0.4°, so it’s right about average for this time of year, nothing weird going on there.

The first real chance we see is early on Wednesday the 9th. It’s still small, around 3ft from the SSW with a 14-second period, but the wind is glassy and light out of the SSE. Combined energy is moderate at 483. It’s not going to be a world-beater, but it might be the cleanest we see for a while. The swell direction is a little off from the optimum, so it might be a bit soft, but if you’re keen, that’s your window. Wednesday afternoon stays similar, 3ft SSW, still glassy.

After that, the wheels fall off. From Thursday the 10th through to Monday the 14th, it’s a write-off. The wind swings around to the east and picks up, making a mess of things. The swell drops right down to 1ft to 2ft, and the conditions are just poor. There’s a long gap of nothing worth your time here.

Things start to look a little more interesting on Tuesday the 15th. The swell bumps back up to 3ft from the SW with a 20-second period, which is a long-period groundswell. The energy is strong at 633. The wind is light out of the south, so it’s not perfect, but it’s a step up. Wednesday the 16th holds similar size, 3ft, but the winds are a bit more cross-onshore, making it choppy. This is still looking like a better bet than the junk we had earlier.

Now, looking further out, there’s a pulse of energy around the 18th. The swell gets up to 4ft to 4ft from the SSW, and the combined energy is strong, hitting over 1000 on Friday morning. But here’s the catch – the wind is blowing a solid 22 mph from the ENE, which is going to absolutely chop it up. Haubush is a reef, so it might hold some shape, but with that much cross-shore breeze, it’s going to be a messy, lumpy mess. This is more of a kite-surfing day than a paddle-surfing day, to be honest.

After that, it just fades back into poor conditions with moderate to fresh cross-shore winds for the rest of the period.

So, bottom line: if you want the best of a bad bunch, your window is Wednesday the 9th for the cleanest waves, and maybe the 15th and 16th for a bit more size but with some wind to deal with. The big swell on the 18th looks promising on paper, but the wind is going to ruin it. It’s a lean couple of weeks.

Rusty

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