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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	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 S
Period(s)	14	17	16	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	18
Energy	1352	1325	1266	1364	1382	1018	1500	1615	1354	1614	1924	1371	1803	1422	1625	1094	844	801	711	786	1223	1912
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:29PM 0.41	8:45AM 0.69		9:13PM 0.44	9:21AM 0.67		10:06PM 0.43	10:02AM 0.64		11:09PM 0.45	10:48AM 0.62		12:17AM 0.51	11:48AM 0.57		1:24AM 0.57	12:59PM 0.52		2:24AM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)		2:51PM 0.12	1:48AM 0.13		3:29PM 0.14	2:27AM 0.19		4:11PM 0.16	3:12AM 0.23		4:55PM 0.18		4:14AM 0.28	5:44PM 0.18		5:39AM 0.31	6:36PM 0.17		7:19AM 0.30		7:27PM 0.14	8:45AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	7	3	1	9	3	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	29	28	29	27	29	29	29	28	29	29	27	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	28	29
Low °C	28	29	28	28	29	27	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	28	29	27	29	29	29	28	29	29	27	28	27	27	28	27	28	28	28	29
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	14	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	13	12	19	18	13	13	9	19	20	18	9	8	8	8	8	7	18	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	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	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	18	14	14	13	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	19	15	15	15	17	17
Energy	1371	1526	1352	1322	1325	1268	1307	1266	1197	1160	1364	1305	1382	1166	851	1018	1491	1545	1500	1338	1615	1632
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:10AM 0.71				8:29PM 0.41				8:45AM 0.69				9:13PM 0.41				9:21AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13AM 0.09				2:51PM 0.12				1:48AM 0.13				3:29PM 0.14				2:26AM 0.17					4:11PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	27	28	28	28	29	29	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	27	28	28	28	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	14	13	13	16	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	19	15	15	15	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	18	18	18	17	13	16	16	16	16	13	13	12	12	11	19	13	19	18	18	13	13
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	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	1439	1371	1371	1371	1526	1526	1445	1385	1352	1339	1334	1322	1244	1305	1325	1366	1215	1268	1208	1350	1307	1270
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:10AM 0.71												8:29PM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13AM 0.09													2:51PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	13	13	13	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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