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

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s)	14	14	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	582	664	848	1740	2122	2245	2312	2229	1732	1364	1246	1373	1457	1291	1473	1173	1127	632	646	600	574	496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:59PM 0.52		2:26AM 0.62		2:13PM 0.49	3:19AM 0.70		3:22PM 0.47		4:09AM 0.77	4:22PM 0.47		4:56AM 0.85	5:19PM 0.48		5:46AM 0.87	6:10PM 0.45		6:35AM 0.90	6:59PM 0.47	7:04PM 0.51	7:23AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 0.14	8:45AM 0.25		8:21PM 0.11	9:57AM 0.18		9:12PM 0.08	10:55AM 0.11		10:01PM 0.04	11:46AM 0.05		10:48PM 0.02	12:38PM 0.01		11:38PM 0.00		1:24PM 0.01	12:29AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
High °C	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	27	28
Low °C	27	27	27	27	28	27	27	29	27	27	28	27	28	28	28	27	29	27	27	28	26	28
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	27	28
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.2 S	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	16	13	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	19	17	8	8	8	8	10	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	17	16	16	16	16
Energy	710	580	582	556	664	659	853	848	1559	1309	1740	2029	2122	1945	2185	2245	2081	2581	2312	2260	2229	1999
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	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)	1:24AM 0.57			12:59PM 0.52					2:24AM 0.64				2:13PM 0.49				3:19AM 0.70				3:22PM 0.47
Low Tide / height (m)			7:19AM 0.30				7:29PM 0.14				8:45AM 0.25				8:21PM 0.11				9:57AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	18	13	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	17	16	16	13	18	13	13	9	13	8	8	8	9	9	9	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	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa 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
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	605	718	710	709	581	580	591	582	582	576	570	556	543	677	664	664	659	659	794	780	853	853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:26AM 0.60											12:59PM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)							7:19AM 0.30												7:29PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	17	17	17	17	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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