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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Hiliduha Nias	Asu 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	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	15	18	14	17	16	16	16	19	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	15	16	15
Energy	879	743	1105	1300	1059	1303	1352	1325	1266	1315	1382	1011	1409	1561	1423	1736	1594	1674	2054	1610	1687	1139
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			7:17PM 0.42	7:35AM 0.75		7:51PM 0.42	8:10AM 0.71		8:29PM 0.41	8:45AM 0.69		9:13PM 0.41	9:21AM 0.67		10:06PM 0.43	10:01AM 0.66		11:08PM 0.46	10:50AM 0.60		12:19AM 0.49	11:49AM 0.56
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41PM 0.09	12:39AM 0.07		2:13PM 0.10	1:12AM 0.10		2:51PM 0.12	1:48AM 0.13		3:29PM 0.14	2:26AM 0.17		4:11PM 0.16	3:12AM 0.23		4:55PM 0.18		4:14AM 0.28	5:44PM 0.18		5:40AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	28	29	28
Low °C	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	29	27	27	29	27	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	28	29	28
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	11	11	14	13	13	16	16	15	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	7	8	18	16	15	14	18	17	16	13	12	12	19	14	13	11	20	19	14	18	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	11	14	18	18	14	14	18	17	16
Energy	928	837	879	1013	743	911	876	1105	1095	1235	1300	1318	1059	1102	1224	1303	1371	1419	1352	1089	1325	1202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	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 Tide / height (m)			7:02AM 0.74				7:17PM 0.42				7:35AM 0.75				7:51PM 0.42				8:10AM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)					1:41PM 0.09			12:39AM 0.07					2:13PM 0.10				1:13AM 0.09				2:51PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	14	11	11	14	14	12	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	11	14	14	18	18	18	17	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Tuesday 02
	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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	863	760	928	830	837	837	837	879	879	902	929	1013	872	743	743	793	911	911	840	901	876	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:02AM 0.74												7:22PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)													1:41PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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