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Bawa surfForecast / Nias / Indonesia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 07 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 10PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (WIB) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.7
SSW
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
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)81111121611111515151514141414131312131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78111111797310558150193191242297534427415586569419454476476426371365
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
10
E
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
N
25
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
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)
2:12PM
0.10
3:22AM
0.08
2:56PM
0.17
3:53AM
0.11
3:44PM
0.23
4:23AM
0.14
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset6:37-------6:38-------6:38-------
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---12331--16534575------
Temp. °C282828272727272727282727252424242424252524242527
Feels °C (?)313131303031303130323032282726262625262424252730
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