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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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	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	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	12	19	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	18	17	16	15	14	14	15
Energy	1046	950	737	772	858	1113	1236	993	959	747	727	669	532	457	742	891	883	1241	901	820	898	755
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross	off	cross	on	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:25AM 0.63		12:42AM 0.35	12:56PM 0.61		2:29AM 0.43		2:23PM 0.59	3:32AM 0.52		3:25PM 0.60		4:12AM 0.62	4:10PM 0.61		4:47AM 0.68	4:51PM 0.59		5:18AM 0.74	5:25PM 0.57		5:47AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)			7:15PM 0.20	5:20AM 0.27		8:34PM 0.19	7:59AM 0.28		9:25PM 0.16	9:27AM 0.24		9:57PM 0.14	10:21AM 0.20		10:26PM 0.11	11:05AM 0.15		10:51PM 0.09	11:40AM 0.11		11:14PM 0.07	12:13PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	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	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	1	13	3	1	17	9	7	10	-	1	3	-
High °C	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28
Low °C	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	17	16	15	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	19	12	13	11	14	12	18	17	16	15	20	18	12	16	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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	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	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy	1281	1244	1065	1105	845	912	810	737	759	704	755	879	906	934	1009	1113	1139	1096	1236	1109	993	1152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:24AM 0.65				12:42AM 0.35				12:56PM 0.61					2:32AM 0.42				2:23PM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)	3:39AM 0.18						7:15PM 0.20			5:20AM 0.26					8:37PM 0.18				7:59AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	3	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	28	27	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	20	19	18	18	12	12	11	13	11	11	-
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	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1196	1183	1281	1181	1132	1242	1208	1065	1065	1050	1036	1105	971	976	950	938	954	838	820	810	810	799
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:25AM 0.63
Low Tide / height (m)			3:39AM 0.18																7:15PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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