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

	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	18	16	17	16	16	15
Energy	1018	1411	1549	1373	1501	1685	1309	1641	1526	1434	914	713	692	586	543	940	1535	2216	2673	2531	2158	1769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:21AM 0.67		10:06PM 0.43	10:02AM 0.64		11:09PM 0.45	10:50AM 0.60		12:17AM 0.51	11:48AM 0.57		1:27AM 0.61	12:59PM 0.52		2:23AM 0.66		2:13PM 0.49	3:19AM 0.70		3:26PM 0.51
Low Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 0.19		4:11PM 0.16	3:12AM 0.23		4:56PM 0.17		4:14AM 0.28	5:43PM 0.17		5:39AM 0.31	6:37PM 0.17		7:19AM 0.30		7:26PM 0.15	8:47AM 0.25		8:21PM 0.11	9:57AM 0.18		9:12PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	-	2	2	4	2	18	2	6	8	24	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	26	25	27	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	27	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	27	27	26	25	25	25	24	26	27	27	27	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	25	26	25	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18	16	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	19	19	12	13	9	20	20	14	8	8	8	8	7	6	8	17	13	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Hiliduha Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro 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
Rating	4	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	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	19	15	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	18
Energy	1095	1018	1372	1545	1411	1338	1549	1459	1507	1373	1760	1812	1501	1534	1685	2064	1708	1309	1335	1722	1641	1492
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:17PM 0.46				9:21AM 0.67					10:06PM 0.43				10:02AM 0.64				11:09PM 0.45				10:48AM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 0.17					4:11PM 0.17			3:12AM 0.23					4:56PM 0.17				4:14AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	3	2
Temp. °C	28	27	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29
Chill °C (?)	28	27	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	19	15	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	19	15	19	19	18	12	13	13	13	22	21	9	9	20	19	19	20	14	14	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Secret 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	Secret Nias
Rating	4	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	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	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	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17
Energy	1157	1013	1095	763	1109	1018	1109	1370	1372	1372	1545	1545	1428	1522	1411	1342	1334	1338	1338	1549	1549	1412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:17PM 0.46												9:21AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)								2:26AM 0.17														4:09PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	28	28	29	29	27	27	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	29	29	27	27	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	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	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	19	19	19	15	15	15	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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