Hebara Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, it’s Rusty here.

Honestly, the next couple of weeks at Hebara are a bit of a mixed bag, and right now there’s nothing worth paddling out for. We’ve got a stretch of poor conditions to start, with onshore winds and messy, lumpy surf. The first few sessions – Sunday the 6th and Monday the 7th – look pretty ordinary with building swell but strong cross-shore winds, so you’re not missing a thing. That early window is a write-off, so save your energy.

The pattern starts to shift mid-week. Tuesday the 8th afternoon shows a bit of promise with a lighter breeze and some cleaner lines on offer. The swell drops to around 6ft from the SSE, and while the period is a touch short at 9 seconds, it gets a look. The real standout comes Thursday the 10th morning. That’s the best window in the first week. You’ve got light cross-offshore winds, a clean 5ft of S swell with an 8-second period, and solid energy in the water. It’s not huge, but it’s clean and surfable, and that’s a win compared to what’s around it.

We then hit a flat spell. From Friday the 11th through to Sunday the 13th, the swell drops right out – we’re talking 2ft to 2ft of weak, short-period energy. It’s not worth the effort.

The next real window opens up on Monday the 14th morning. The easterly swell fills back in at 6ft with a 10-second period, and the wind is cross-offshore, leaving the surf clean. There’s plenty of energy behind it, and although the break is exposed to the SE and the swell is coming from the E, it still lines up okay. That’s your next genuine highlight. The Tuesday the 15th morning looks decent too – 4ft of E swell, lighter winds, and clean conditions.

After that, it’s back to smaller, less inspiring surf. The period around the 18th and 19th has some clean, glassy mornings, but the swell is small and weak. After the 20th, the outlook gets pretty thin, with poor conditions and no real standouts in the last stretch of the forecast.

A quick note on the water – for the first surfable day on the 8th, the water’s sitting at 82°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year. That’s a nice little bonus.

So, my pick of the fortnight is Thursday the 10th morning for clean, manageable waves, and Monday the 14th morning for a bit more size and power. Keep your eyes on those windows; the rest is pretty much a waiting game.

Rusty out.

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