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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	Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	12	13	13	16	15	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	706	532	647	633	626	565	445	431	454	415	384	485	66	521	452	386	397	381	345	341	343	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	6	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	18	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	27	27	27	27	28	27	28	29	28	28	28	27	18	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	18	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:35	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	12	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	16	9	9	9	9	8	16	15	12	9	18	18	17	16	15	12	9	8	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa 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	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	712	717	702	615	532	598	650	647	601	596	633	642	626	620	623	565	564	473	445	459	431	394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 15
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa 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	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 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	1.1 SW	1.1 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(?)	729	711	712	708	711	714	706	706	706	706	615	615	606	540	532	518	610	598	592	650	650	650
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	1	-	1	2	2	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 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	1.1 SW	1.1 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	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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