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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Nias Wavefinder

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	Sun	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	19	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	15	12	18	16	15	14
Energy(?)	443	429	371	408	334	356	356	444	628	1171	1265	963	1269	1030	938	829	452	767	881	1090	880	971
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:40AM 0.87		7:53PM 0.52	8:22AM 0.85		8:36PM 0.46	9:11AM 0.79		9:27PM 0.40	10:13AM 0.75		10:42PM 0.36	11:27AM 0.68		12:40AM 0.36	12:56PM 0.61		2:29AM 0.43		2:21PM 0.60	3:30AM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)	12:56AM -0.03		2:11PM 0.02	1:29AM 0.00		3:01PM 0.07	2:05AM 0.04		3:59PM 0.13	2:46AM 0.11		5:20PM 0.19	3:40AM 0.19			7:11PM 0.21	5:20AM 0.27		8:34PM 0.19	7:59AM 0.28		9:23PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	4	-	4	10	-	1	2	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
High °C	29	28	28	28	29	28	27	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	27	29	29	28	29	28
Low °C	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	29	27	28	29	28	28	29	28	26	29	28	28	29	27
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	28	29	28	27	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	27	29	29	28	29	28
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	5:45	6:32	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	15	12	18	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	17	16	12	8	8	5	13	8	19	12	17	9	16	9	15	15	12	19	12	13	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	20
Energy(?)	453	403	450	585	429	398	371	340	396	408	366	402	354	279	332	335	373	346	351	349	444	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:14PM 0.57				7:39AM 0.89				7:53PM 0.52				8:22AM 0.85				8:36PM 0.46				9:11AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)		12:56AM -0.03					2:11PM 0.02				1:34AM 0.00				3:03PM 0.07				2:05AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	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	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	1	2
Temp. °C	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	29	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.5 S	0.5 W	0.6 S	0.6 NW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	8	8	8	6	8	5	8	5	8	13	8	8	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	516	453	431	430	452	443	440	497	450	489	427	585	519	385	385	418	408	454	398	423	371	340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:14PM 0.57												7:39AM 0.89
Low Tide / height (m)						12:55AM -0.02														2:12PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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