Haulover Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, I’m gonna level with you. Haulover’s looking like a flat spell from hell across this whole 16-day window. The water temp is sitting at about 87°F which is normal for this time of year—so at least you’ll be warm if you’re just standing on the sand staring at the ocean.

Right now, starting this Friday afternoon, we’ve got a tiny 0.3ft NE swell but the wind is onshore from the E at 12 mph. It’s a write-off. Saturday morning, we get a bump to 3ft from the SE, but with a short 5-second period and cross-onshore wind, it’s just lumpy junk. Saturday afternoon drops to 2ft. Sunday morning, you’re looking at 0.7ft and light cross-onshore—still not a wave worth paddling for.

From Monday the 17th all the way through to Friday the 22nd, it’s the same sad story: swell heights mostly at 0.7ft, weak energy levels (values as low as 6 to 16), and mostly cross-onshore or onshore winds. A few mornings, like Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th, we get a clean look with light cross-offshore winds, but there’s simply no swell to ride. You could stand out there with a clean surface and still be waiting forever—Haulover is inconsistent at the best of times and this stretch is brutal.

The weekend of the 23rd and 24th shows a tiny pulse. Sunday the 23rd morning, a 1ft SSE swell with a 4-second period and cross-onshore wind—it’s choppy and weak, energy only 20. By Monday the 24th morning, we get the biggest swell of the whole period: 4ft from the SE at 5 seconds, but with onshore E wind at 16 mph and a combined energy of 69. That’s still weak and messy. This is beginner-level height but the wind and short period make it ugly.

Toward the end of the window, Wednesday the 26th morning shows 4ft from the E at 6 seconds with cross-onshore NE wind at 16 mph and energy climbing to 105. That’s moderate energy, but the swell is short-period windswell and the wind is lumpy—this is really more for kite surfers than paddlers at a beach/pier setup like Haulover. After that, it fades back to nothing.

Honestly, there’s not a single standout session here. If you’re desperate, the cleanest windows are the light wind mornings on the 18th, 19th, and 20th, but there’s no wave to go with them. The 4ft pulse on the 26th is the most size you’ll see but it’s poor quality and onshore. This is a tough run—sometimes the area goes blank like this, and forecasts can shift, but right now I’d say save your energy.

- Rusty

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