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Bawa surfForecast / Nias / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
29.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bawa today?

The current surf forecast for Bawa at 4AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111216111115151515141414141313121313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111797310558150193191242297534427415586569313454555447426371359359269
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
5
S
5
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
N
15
N
25
N
20
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.79
9:26AM
0.57
9:27PM
0.71
10:13AM
0.57
10:01PM
0.62
11:04AM
0.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
0.08
2:56PM
0.17
3:53AM
0.11
3:44PM
0.23
4:23AM
0.14
4:41PM
0.29
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---6:33-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset------6:38-------6:38-------6:39-
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Rain (mm)
--23221-1463571---1-----
Temp. °C282827272727282827272525242424252525252525262727
Feels °C (?)313130313030313131322828262727272726252628293030
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