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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Nias Wavefinder

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	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	14	14	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	316	312	341	378	540	439	276	416	340	262	291	293	223	244	235	370	356	346	452	398	404	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:12PM 0.35	11:33AM 0.62		12:09AM 0.30		1:21PM 0.65	2:45AM 0.38		2:58PM 0.66		4:03AM 0.47	3:59PM 0.68		4:47AM 0.58	4:44PM 0.71		5:16AM 0.64	5:26PM 0.76		5:48AM 0.70	5:56PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)	3:40AM 0.14			7:43PM 0.24	4:49AM 0.22		9:39PM 0.23	7:45AM 0.29		10:23PM 0.17	9:37AM 0.24		10:55PM 0.13	10:41AM 0.19		11:16PM 0.09	11:14AM 0.12		11:40PM 0.06	11:53AM 0.08		12:01AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	5	4	1	3	1	1	16	11	14	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	27	25	25	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28
Low °C	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	25	25	25	25	26	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	27	25	25	26	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	14	14	12	13	10	10	13	13	12	10	10	16	16	15	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.7 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	18	16	16	13	13	12	9	16	14	14	10	6	6	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	10	13	13
Energy(?)	320	316	236	277	278	327	341	321	380	378	281	250	433	439	341	334	324	340	257	295	416	456
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	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	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:12PM 0.35				11:36AM 0.69				12:09AM 0.33					1:21PM 0.61				2:55AM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)			3:40AM 0.14						7:33PM 0.26			4:50AM 0.22					9:32PM 0.20				7:49AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	-	1	2	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	28	27	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	28	27	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	9	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	10	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	18	18	8	15	16	16	16	16	16	13	14	14	12	16	8	9	9	18	9	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	324	320	320	320	316	293	293	270	296	245	324	263	312	309	300	325	343	327	344	344	343	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				10:12PM 0.35													11:31AM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)									3:45AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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