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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	Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Mon
	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	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	13
Energy	357	387	519	804	1161	1083	787	744	590	669	883	971	614	1032	1028	932	1012	714	567	552	762	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:58PM 0.57		2:38AM 0.49		2:10PM 0.56	3:23AM 0.63		3:09PM 0.57	3:59AM 0.70		4:00PM 0.57		4:46AM 0.84	4:47PM 0.59		5:17AM 0.85	5:42PM 0.61		6:00AM 0.88	6:18PM 0.52		6:47AM 0.96
Low Tide / height (m)			8:05PM 0.18	8:09AM 0.30		8:47PM 0.16	9:21AM 0.24		9:24PM 0.11	10:15AM 0.17		10:00PM 0.07	11:11AM 0.11		10:37PM 0.03	11:50AM 0.04		11:16PM -0.00	12:38PM 0.00		11:58PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	7	1	3	5	4	47	18	-	13	-	2	6	14	6	5	3	-
High °C	28	29	29	29	29	29	27	28	27	28	26	26	19	25	27	29	27	27	28	28	28	29
Low °C	28	28	28	29	29	28	27	28	27	27	25	26	19	25	26	28	27	26	28	28	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	29	29	29	27	28	27	28	26	26	19	25	27	29	27	27	28	28	28	29
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 SSE	0.8 W	-	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	20	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	-	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 11							Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Secret Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	318	287	357	387	387	505	558	519	654	840	946	920	850	1168	1162	1080	815	909	853	839	660	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 0.42			1:00PM 0.56					2:36AM 0.51				2:14PM 0.62				3:25AM 0.65				3:12PM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 0.32					8:05PM 0.18				8:09AM 0.30				8:46PM 0.15				9:21AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	3	5	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	28	29	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	28	29	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	9	16	16	16	16	16	20	15	18	18	8	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Secret Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	318	310	310	302	294	277	280	361	277	277	351	396	308	387	442	442	505	482	502	506	465	462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 0.42											12:58PM 0.57	1:02PM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)						6:15AM 0.34														8:05PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	16	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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