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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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

	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-The Machine Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	16	14	14	13	16	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	497	443	389	365	345	292	354	412	273	340	436	472	475	618	724	703	728	589	672	552	358	426
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	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		8:06PM 0.62	8:38AM 0.80		8:44PM 0.55	9:21AM 0.75		9:21PM 0.43	10:15AM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)		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	1:56AM -0.00		2:59PM 0.08	2:28AM 0.03		3:51PM 0.15	3:00AM 0.07		5:06PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	6	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	4	1	-	2	3	-	1	1	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	27	27	28	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	14	14	13	16	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	14	9	9	17	9	15	10	16	16	15	13	16	13	9	15	19	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-The Machine Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	497	504	446	443	445	445	389	379	365	360	345	345	310	384	365	359	287	344	375	412	355	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:56PM 0.77				6:21AM 0.72				6:27PM 0.76				6:50AM 0.79				7:00PM 0.73
Low Tide / height (m)				12:12AM 0.02				12:18PM 0.05				12:36AM -0.01				12:56PM 0.02					1:02AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	4	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	17	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18	Thursday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-The Machine Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 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	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	492	497	497	490	504	504	446	446	446	446	446	443	446	459	445	445	371	445	445	387	389	388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	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	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					5:56PM 0.77													6:21AM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)												12:12AM 0.02
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	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	1
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 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	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	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	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	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
Period (s)	9	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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6

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