Haubush Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Let’s be straight with you: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty average for Haubush. We’ve got a long stretch of cross-shore winds and lumpy, messy conditions that are going to make you work for anything out there. To be honest, most of this period is a write-off for quality surfing, and the forecast models are giving us a big fat zero for most days. There are a couple of flickers of hope late in the window, but we’re talking about a long, dry spell before anything worth paddling out for arrives.

Right from Wednesday the 26th through to the end of the month, it’s all cross-shore ENE breeze. Swell is showing somewhere between 2ft and 5ft but the period is all over the place, and the wind is just chopping it up. It’s poor surf, plain and simple. The energy is weak to moderate, with combined energy values sitting in the 400-680 range, which just doesn’t have any punch. The first few days of September don’t look any better – still that cross-shore wind and poor conditions, with wave energy sticking around the 500-860 range. The only marginal call is on the morning of Tuesday the 1st, but with a 2ft SSW swell and that cross-breeze, it’s nothing to get excited about.

The gap here is the real story. You’re looking at nearly two full weeks of nothing worth recommending. The second week of September is where things start to shift, but even then, it’s not a full-on winner. Around Monday the 7th, we finally see the wind ease off to a cross-offshore flow and the swell, while still small, starts to get some proper period on it. A SSW swell of 3ft to 4.5ft with a 14-15 second period is a real groundswell, and the energy jumps up into the 974-1187 range. That’s moderate energy, but with clean conditions, the reef at Haubush (Big Island) could actually start to shape up. This is your best bet in the whole window. Keep in mind, Haubush is a reef break, and it’s fairly consistent but often crowded, so expect company. It’s an intermediate spot, so the size is manageable. The conditions on Monday, and even into Tuesday the 8th, are the closest we get to a proper surf, though Tuesday brings a risk of thunderstorms and a cross-shore wind that muddies things up.

From Wednesday the 9th onwards, it’s a fresh SSW cross-onshore wind, and the swell drops back to a shorter period SSE, around 9-10 seconds. That’s junk. The energy dips back to the 866-975 range, and it’s just lumpy and choppy again. So there you have it. If you’re desperate, mark down Monday the 7th and maybe the Tuesday morning on the 8th for a look. It’s not going to be epic, but it’s the only thing with any real promise. The rest is a waiting game. Forecasts can change, and a spot like Haubush that is fairly consistent doesn’t tend to stay flat and messy forever.

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