Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you. This forecast for the coming weeks is a tough one.

Haubush is a reef break that needs a good SSE swell direction to show its best, and the wind and swell are just not lining up for us. For the first week and a half, from Tuesday the 7th right through to the middle of the month, we’ve got a prolonged flat spell. The wind is locked in from the ENE, blowing cross at 18 to 22 mph most days, which is ruining the surface completely – lumpy cross-chop all the way. The swell direction is wrong, coming from the ENE or E, and the period is short, around 7-8 seconds. This is just poor surf conditions day after day. The water temp is sitting at 80° with a slight anomaly, about average for this time of year.

There’s a bit of a shift around the 11th and 12th of July, where the swell direction swings to the SW and SSW, and the period jumps up to 16-18 seconds – that’s very long period groundswell. The combined energy is moderate to strong (618 to 773), but the wind is still a fresh cross breeze at 18-22 mph, so the quality is still poor. That longer period will want a point or reef, but the wind will chop it up.

The best chance for a surf comes much later, on the 21st of July – that’s Tuesday. The swell is still small, only 3 ft to 4 ft from the E, but the period is long at 16 seconds. The combined energy is strong (1162 to 1212). The wind finally drops, with an E breeze at 12 mph in the morning and an ENE at 15 mph in the afternoon. It’s still cross, but lighter, and it might just be enough for a few cleanish waves if the tide lines up. The forecast gives it a marginal score, but out of the whole window, this is the one to watch.

After that, on the 22nd of July, the wind turns SE at 9 mph and then light S at 6 mph, but the swell drops to 3 ft to 3 ft, and the energy fades. Nothing to get excited about.

Honestly, if you’re not keen on staring at a bumpy ocean with cold tea-coloured waves, you might find the setup on those windy days a bit more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The forecast can change, but right now, it’s a waiting game.

Rusty.

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