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.

Nias Surf Forecast

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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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-The Machine Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	16	14	14	13	16	14
Energy(?)	737	632	590	560	483	443	371	365	345	378	354	412	262	305	441	468	477	623	701	733	714	574
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 0.74		5:52AM 0.64	5:56PM 0.77		6:21AM 0.72	6:27PM 0.76		6:51AM 0.78	7:00PM 0.73		7:24AM 0.81		7:33PM 0.68	7:59AM 0.82		8:07PM 0.60	8:38AM 0.84		8:42PM 0.52	9:21AM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)			11:49PM 0.05	11:41AM 0.08		12:12AM 0.02	12:18PM 0.05		12:36AM -0.01	12:56PM 0.02		1:02AM -0.02		1:35PM 0.02	1:29AM -0.02		2:15PM 0.04	1:57AM -0.01		2:59PM 0.08	2:27AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	1	-	7	2	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	2	-	-	3	1
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28
Low °C	27	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	27	28	29	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	14	14	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	9	17	9	15	10	16	16	15	17	16	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-The Machine Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	737	649	632	611	593	590	586	572	560	493	483	490	430	443	445	444	386	379	302	360	383	345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-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	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:25PM 0.74				5:52AM 0.64				5:56PM 0.77				6:21AM 0.72				6:27PM 0.76
Low Tide / height (m)						11:49PM 0.05				11:41AM 0.08				12:12AM 0.02				12:18PM 0.05				12:36AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	-	4	1	-	-	2
Temp. °C	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17	Wednesday 18
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-The Machine Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	805	747	737	652	652	649	640	640	632	616	627	611	611	604	593	595	596	590	510	590	586	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											5:25PM 0.74
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:49PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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