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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s)	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	14	17	16
Energy	1682	1547	1263	980	796	680	563	650	836	1740	2327	2236	2324	2231	1874	1363	1048	1215	1129	1225	1566	1338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:48AM 0.62		12:18AM 0.52	11:49AM 0.56		1:24AM 0.57	12:58PM 0.53		2:26AM 0.62		2:13PM 0.49	3:19AM 0.70		3:22PM 0.47		4:09AM 0.77	4:31PM 0.51		4:58AM 0.83	5:19PM 0.48		5:46AM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)		5:43PM 0.17		5:40AM 0.31	6:35PM 0.16		7:17AM 0.30		7:29PM 0.14	8:45AM 0.25		8:21PM 0.11	9:57AM 0.18		9:12PM 0.08	10:55AM 0.11		10:01PM 0.04	11:48AM 0.05		10:50PM 0.02	12:38PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	13	1	-	7	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	28	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	28	29	25	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	29	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	28	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	13	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	18	17	18	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1331	1722	1682	1501	1547	1266	1260	1263	1414	1201	980	833	796	801	794	680	673	583	563	545	650	713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:50AM 0.60				12:18AM 0.52				11:49AM 0.56					1:24AM 0.57			12:58PM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)		4:14AM 0.28				5:42PM 0.17				5:39AM 0.31				6:35PM 0.16					7:17AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	1	-	-	-	2	3	-	2	1	-	2	-
Temp. °C	29	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	18	14	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	18	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	15	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	1531	1335	1331	1463	1463	1722	1735	1680	1682	1641	1500	1501	1501	1547	1547	1515	1295	1266	1265	1262	1260	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:50AM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)				4:14AM 0.28													5:42PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	14	14	14	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	18	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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