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.

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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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	Fri		Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WNW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	848	865	721	577	697	423	440	578	584	458	833	987	1461	1434	1386	1629	2497	2405	1994	2119	1896	1396
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 0.43	11:04AM 0.67		12:19AM 0.49	12:16PM 0.63		1:40AM 0.52		1:28PM 0.58	2:44AM 0.62		2:32PM 0.52	3:31AM 0.65		3:28PM 0.50		4:12AM 0.69	4:22PM 0.52		4:47AM 0.72	4:58PM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)	5:06PM 0.15	3:57AM 0.22		6:14PM 0.18		5:33AM 0.30		7:17PM 0.18	7:32AM 0.30		8:11PM 0.19	9:07AM 0.29		8:50PM 0.16	10:04AM 0.23		9:25PM 0.15	10:51AM 0.18		9:59PM 0.12	11:29AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	2	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	29	28	29	28	28	27	28	27	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	29	28	28	28
Low °C	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	27	28	26	28	28	27	28	28	27	27	28	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	28	29	28	28	27	28	27	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	29	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	16	16	15	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	13	12	12	16	8	8	8	8	18	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	9
Energy	848	837	864	865	929	892	721	569	577	765	625	697	515	451	423	412	440	576	545	578	488	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 0.43				11:08AM 0.70				12:19AM 0.49				12:18PM 0.65					1:40AM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)		5:06PM 0.15			3:57AM 0.22					6:16PM 0.20				5:33AM 0.30					7:17PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	3	-	1
Temp. °C	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	28	30	28	28	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	28	30	28	28	28	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	770	772	848	858	836	837	848	852	864	712	726	865	884	912	929	919	902	892	792	751	721	631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:55PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)					5:06PM 0.15										3:57AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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