Bawa surfForecast / Nias / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
29.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bawa today?

The current surf forecast for Bawa at 6AM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)161616151515151414141414141413131313131412121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)669134114371364132812371220120412771127917849920693746735735735746792738530556564
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
NE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
0
SSW
5
WNW
0
SSW
0
NNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
10
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscrossglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:24AM
0.62
3:36PM
0.36
3:39AM
0.66
4:26PM
0.45
4:29AM
0.71
5:02PM
0.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.18
8:46PM
0.23
10:48AM
0.13
10:00PM
0.18
11:15AM
0.10
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:22-------6:20-------6:20----
Sunset------6:28-------6:28-------6:28-
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clear
part cloud
clear
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thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C272626262727282828272727272828282827272727282828
Feels °C (?)313030303131313232313132313231313231313029303031
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Nias

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bawa (calm at SibolgaPinangsori 191 km from Bawa). 1.1m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.0m 15s groundswell, also from the SSW and a 0.6m 7s swell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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