Hebara Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Look, I’ll be straight with you – this is a frustrating 16-day window for Hebara. The first few days serve up a real tease, but then it falls apart. We start with a solid, clean swell on Wednesday the 5th, but it’s just too damn big. That 12ft SE swell at 15 seconds is packing a massive 5361 in combined energy, but it’s pushing right past the fun zone into expert-only territory. If you’re a seasoned charger and you’ve got the balls for a big, long-period groundswell, that Wednesday morning is your only shot. The wind is cross-shore but light enough, and the water is 81°F which is about average for this time of year. The real killer is that after Wednesday, the outlook turns grim. From Thursday the 6th right through to the end of the first week, the swell drops and the wind gets messy. We’re seeing 7ft to 5ft with cross-on winds and choppy conditions, scoring really low on the quality meter. The second week doesn’t offer much hope either. There’s a long stretch of poor surf from the 12th to the 17th, with weak, short-period windswell and strong onshore or cross winds. The combined energy drops to under 400 at times, which is just sad. A late pulse shows up on the 18th with a 4ft SSE swell carrying a very long 16-second period, but that’s accompanied by a fresh cross-shore breeze and lumpy conditions. Then on the 19th and 20th, we see another swell build to 12ft SE again, but it’s the same problem – too big for the break. The wind is better on the 20th, with a light SSW breeze, but it’s a cross-on setup. Honestly, for a beach-and-reef break like Hebara, which is exposed to the SE, this forecast is a tough one. With that much swell and poor quality, this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. There are no good, consistent options here. That’s the reality of it. Rusty.

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