Nias Surf

Nias Surf Forecast

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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	15	14	14	17	16	16	16	19	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	17	16	15	15	14
Energy	1105	1300	1059	1277	1352	1085	1266	1357	1382	1011	1498	1632	1417	1543	1789	1661	1877	1588	1591	1087	916	767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:35AM 0.75		7:51PM 0.41	8:10AM 0.71		8:29PM 0.41	8:45AM 0.69		9:13PM 0.41	9:21AM 0.67		10:06PM 0.43	10:01AM 0.66		11:08PM 0.46	10:48AM 0.62		12:19AM 0.49	11:48AM 0.57		1:26AM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)	12:39AM 0.07		2:13PM 0.10	1:13AM 0.09		2:51PM 0.13	1:48AM 0.13		3:29PM 0.14	2:26AM 0.17		4:11PM 0.16	3:12AM 0.23		4:55PM 0.18		4:14AM 0.28	5:45PM 0.18		5:39AM 0.31	6:35PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	1	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	27	28	28	29	28	28	28
Low °C	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	27	28	28	29	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	11	14	14	13	13	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	17	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	18	16	15	10	18	17	16	13	12	19	18	13	13	10	19	18	14	9	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	11	14	14	18	14	14	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	876	1105	1095	1235	1300	1318	1059	1102	1224	1277	1371	1526	1352	1295	1085	1268	1165	1266	1197	1160	1357	1270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:17PM 0.42				7:35AM 0.75				7:51PM 0.42				8:10AM 0.71				8:29PM 0.41				8:45AM 0.69
Low Tide / height (m)		12:39AM 0.07					2:13PM 0.10				1:13AM 0.09				2:51PM 0.13				1:48AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	14	14	11	14	14	13	13	16	13	13	13	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	11	10	14	18	18	18	17	13	16	16	16	16	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	11	11	15	15
Energy	855	901	876	1018	950	1105	1016	1131	1095	1102	1150	1235	1072	1208	1300	1270	1215	1318	1053	1011	1059	1100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:17PM 0.42												7:40AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)						12:39AM 0.07														2:15PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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