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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	Sat	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25
	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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	19	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	19	18
Energy(?)	484	497	539	393	396	365	432	363	358	356	492	612	1171	1307	964	1159	1193	938	829	771	950	1302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:00AM 0.88		7:13PM 0.59	7:39AM 0.89		7:54PM 0.51	8:22AM 0.87		8:36PM 0.46	9:11AM 0.79		9:28PM 0.41	10:09AM 0.71		10:48PM 0.40	11:29AM 0.70		12:36AM 0.40	12:56PM 0.61		2:29AM 0.43
Low Tide / height (m)	12:24AM -0.03		1:27PM 0.00	12:55AM -0.02		2:12PM 0.02	1:30AM -0.00		3:02PM 0.07	2:05AM 0.04		3:59PM 0.13	2:47AM 0.11		5:19PM 0.20	3:44AM 0.20			7:12PM 0.23	5:20AM 0.27		8:34PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	13	-	-	5	-	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	-	1
High °C	28	27	28	27	28	28	27	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29
Low °C	27	27	28	26	28	28	26	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	27	27	28	27	28	29	28
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	27	28	28	27	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	12	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	19	18	17	16	15	8	9	8	13	12	19	12	18	9	16	16	15	15	14	19	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	Secret Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	425	463	528	575	531	411	568	531	453	442	449	649	507	403	279	323	320	393	366	393	363	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:59AM 0.90					7:14PM 0.57				7:39AM 0.91				8:03PM 0.58				8:22AM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)		12:24AM -0.03					1:27PM -0.00			12:55AM -0.02					2:15PM 0.02				1:38AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	5	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	1	2	1	-	4	2	-	-
Temp. °C	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	26	25	26
Chill °C (?)	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	26	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	9	9	19	19	9	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	12	12	8	12	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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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	Secret Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	479	425	425	437	422	463	457	528	491	523	519	575	500	537	475	469	403	411	399	539	539	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												6:59AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)						12:24AM -0.03													1:34PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	27	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	27	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	19	19	19	19	19	19	8	9	8	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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