Bawa surfForecast / Nias / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 WIB
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Bawa surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bawa sea temperature is
30.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Bawa today?

The current surf forecast for Bawa at 6AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)20s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (22 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)18s

Table - waves today at Bawa. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
4
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSW
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)131313122020191818181616161615151515151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30717316625219848536940475975953962711491135784984894117898410871057988820796
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
W
5
W
0
NE
5
ENE
0
SE
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
WSW
0
W
5
N
5
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrossglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
0.46
9:11AM
0.79
9:27PM
0.40
10:09AM
0.71
10:42PM
0.36
11:24AM
0.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.04
3:59PM
0.13
2:46AM
0.11
5:20PM
0.19
3:40AM
0.19
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:24-------6:24-------6:24----
Sunset------6:32-------6:32-------6:32-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----213113112-----4-----
Temp. °C272828282828282828282727282829292828272728282928
Feels °C (?)313131323232313232333231333132323232323133323332
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