Nias Surf

Detailed Nias surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Nias. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Nias. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Nias over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Nias and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Nias Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Nias Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Nias Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Nias Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Nias Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Nias Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Nias Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Nias Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Nias Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Nias Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Nias Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Nias coastline are also listed below.

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	Tue	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	20	19	18	17	17	15	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	337	350	312	354	287	278	293	293	318	391	641	879	961	954	974	834	798	743	679	668	575	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:36AM 0.61		9:05PM 0.33	11:53AM 0.49				2:15PM 0.50	3:58AM 0.30		3:35PM 0.56		4:32AM 0.41	4:17PM 0.64		4:58AM 0.49	4:53PM 0.69		5:24AM 0.55	5:25PM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)	3:25AM 0.14		5:00PM 0.30	3:39AM 0.17				4:16AM 0.23		10:56PM 0.23	7:47AM 0.27		10:56PM 0.18	9:30AM 0.26		11:09PM 0.15	10:21AM 0.19		11:28PM 0.09	11:03AM 0.13		11:49PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	17	4	1	-	2	-	6	1	-	8	1	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-	7
High °C	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28
Low °C	27	26	27	27	27	28	26	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	18	17	17	15	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	6	7	10	10	12	11	14	22	20	19	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	291	291	336	336	330	330	335	344	343	354	292	347	287	282	280	254	247	293	254	315	293	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:21PM 0.45					10:31AM 0.54			9:05PM 0.33					11:51AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)			3:20AM 0.14					5:04PM 0.28			3:39AM 0.17									4:16AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	4	9	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	3	3	1	-
Temp. °C	27	26	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	28	27	26	27	28
Chill °C (?)	27	26	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	28	27	26	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	7	6	6	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 10	Wednesday 11
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	290	290	291	342	338	337	343	338	337	336	336	336	335	290	350	333	315	330	323	348	312	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 0.43													10:32AM 0.57
Low Tide / height (m)									3:14AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	10	10	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

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