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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	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	20	19	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	18	16
Energy(?)	497	513	443	385	268	319	396	383	380	398	698	1171	1114	1161	1241	1180	938	829	669	645	881	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:14PM 0.57	7:39AM 0.91		7:54PM 0.51	8:22AM 0.85		8:36PM 0.46	9:11AM 0.79		9:37PM 0.45	10:16AM 0.77		10:46PM 0.38	11:27AM 0.68		12:40AM 0.36	12:56PM 0.61		2:32AM 0.42
Low Tide / height (m)		1:27PM -0.00	12:56AM -0.03		2:12PM 0.02	1:30AM -0.00		3:01PM 0.07	2:05AM 0.04		4:01PM 0.14	2:54AM 0.12		5:18PM 0.21	3:43AM 0.20			7:11PM 0.21	5:20AM 0.27		8:37PM 0.18	7:59AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	5	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	9	7
High °C	28	29	29	29	28	27	26	27	27	28	29	28	29	29	28	28	29	29	28	29	29	28
Low °C	28	29	27	28	27	26	26	26	27	27	28	27	28	29	27	27	29	28	28	29	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	29	28	27	26	27	27	28	29	28	29	29	28	28	29	29	28	29	29	28
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:34	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	19	18	17	16	12	8	9	9	5	8	19	12	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	19	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19					Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	531	411	513	531	453	394	450	585	429	398	268	325	319	319	366	348	327	356	342	404	515	380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:14PM 0.57				7:39AM 0.89				8:03PM 0.58				8:31AM 0.92				8:37PM 0.44
Low Tide / height (m)			1:27PM -0.00			12:56AM -0.03					2:15PM 0.02				1:34AM 0.00				3:01PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	3	2	2	5	5	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	29	28	29	28	27	27	28	29	29	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	28	29	28	29	28	27	27	28	29	29	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	19	9	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.0 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	0.9 SW	0.9 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	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16
Energy(?)	569	503	497	488	411	411	439	539	539	539	412	412	412	412	412	406	368	443	440	443	453	485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:24PM 0.64
Low Tide / height (m)							1:26PM 0.00											12:55AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	28	27	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 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	0.9 SW	0.9 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	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	9	9	8	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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