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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Nias Wavefinder

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thu
	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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	19	18	16
Energy(?)	633	626	548	451	456	454	415	521	463	497	568	442	429	377	374	346	332	402	295	857	1094	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:21PM 0.68		5:48AM 0.80	5:58PM 0.66		6:23AM 0.85	6:36PM 0.62		7:00AM 0.88		7:14PM 0.57	7:40AM 0.87		7:54PM 0.51	8:23AM 0.83		8:37PM 0.44	9:11AM 0.79		9:27PM 0.40	10:10AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)			11:24PM 0.01	12:03PM 0.04		11:53PM -0.01	12:45PM 0.00		12:24AM -0.03		1:27PM -0.00	12:56AM -0.03		2:12PM 0.02	1:30AM -0.00		3:02PM 0.07	2:06AM 0.04		4:01PM 0.13	2:46AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	28	29	28
Low °C	28	29	28	28	29	27	28	29	28	28	29	27	27	29	27	28	29	27	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	28	29	28
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	16	15	15	9	19	18	17	16	12	12	9	8	8	8	19	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sun
	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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	633	642	626	620	623	548	482	474	451	459	456	394	415	454	450	363	402	400	469	493	429	463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off
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)				5:21PM 0.68				5:48AM 0.80				5:58PM 0.66				6:23AM 0.85				6:36PM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)						11:24PM 0.01				12:03PM 0.04				11:53PM -0.01				12:45PM 0.00				12:24AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	16	16	16	9	15	15	15	15	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 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	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	717	529	633	642	642	642	634	634	626	608	637	620	613	614	623	623	592	548	564	547	593	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)											5:21PM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)																	11:24PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 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	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	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	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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