Hazuk Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright… I’ve had a good look at Hazuk for the next 16 days, and mate, I’ll be straight with you – it’s pretty bleak. This is one of those stretches where the ocean just doesn’t want to play ball. There’s no proper swell on the cards, and even the small bumps we get are mostly messy. Let’s run through it.

Hazuk is a beach and reef setup, exposed to the NW, but the swell just never gets its act together. For the first few days, from Friday 28 August right through to Monday 1 September morning, you’re looking at tiny, weak waves – mostly around 1ft to 2ft – with periods under 8 seconds. That’s short-period, weak windswell with combined energy barely breaking 100 (6 to 73). The wind is mostly cross-on or onshore, so it’s choppy and gutless. Not worth paddling out. The water temp is sitting at 85°, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year, but that’s about the only interesting thing.

The only glimmer comes on Tuesday morning, 1 September. It’s not much – a 3ft NW swell with an 8-second period – but we get a glassy period, clean as a whistle, no wind at all. Combined energy is still pretty weak (66). It’s surfable but ordinary. By afternoon, the cross-on wind returns and kills it.

From there, it’s the same story repeating over and over. Wednesday 2 September morning is glassy again, but the swell drops back to 1ft with only 6 seconds of period. Useless. The rest of the first week and into the second week is a rinse-and-repeat of tiny swell (1ft to 2ft), short periods (5 to 7 seconds), and cross-on winds most afternoons. There are a few glassy mornings scattered through – like Friday 4 September, Saturday 5 September, Sunday 6 September, Monday 7 September, Wednesday 9 September, Thursday 10 September, Friday 11 September, and Saturday 12 September – but each time the swell is barely there, under 3ft, with combined energy mostly in the teens to low 40s. That’s weak, barely ripple.

Honestly, Hazuk just doesn’t offer anything worth chasing in this whole 16-day window. The only real standout is that clean, glassy window on Tuesday 1 September morning, but even that is tiny and would only suit absolute beginners or longboarders looking for a knee-high slide. If you’re an experienced surfer, there’s nothing here. This is the kind of run where you might as well leave the board in the car.

Given the small, weak waves and persistent onshore or cross-on winds, this setup looks much more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing for most of the period – especially the afternoons when the breeze picks up.

Hang in there. Forecasts can change, and it doesn’t stay this flat forever.

– Rusty

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