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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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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	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	20	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Energy	638	669	567	512	834	1013	821	1141	988	933	922	770	750	697	613	627	513	417	556	485	364	436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:13AM 0.61	4:12PM 0.60		4:47AM 0.68	4:51PM 0.59		5:18AM 0.74	5:26PM 0.60		5:46AM 0.79	5:57PM 0.56		6:15AM 0.80	6:33PM 0.56		6:45AM 0.79	6:57PM 0.50		7:15AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)		9:59PM 0.13	10:22AM 0.19		10:26PM 0.11	11:05AM 0.15		10:54PM 0.10	11:40AM 0.11		11:14PM 0.08	12:11PM 0.09		11:37PM 0.06	12:42PM 0.07		12:02AM 0.05		1:13PM 0.06	12:29AM 0.04		1:44PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	1	5	-	1	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	29
Low °C	29	28	28	29	27	28	29	28	29	29	27	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27	28	29
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	14	13	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	17	16	15	12	18	12	16	16	15	15	7	15	15	-	18	8	8	15	12	4	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	4	4

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	20	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15
Energy	638	661	627	669	573	600	567	538	573	551	608	834	719	1040	1013	806	794	1006	1036	1141	1102	1146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	3:25PM 0.60					4:13AM 0.61				4:12PM 0.63				4:46AM 0.70				4:50PM 0.60				5:17AM 0.77
Low Tide / height (m)			9:59PM 0.13					10:26AM 0.21				10:25PM 0.12				11:09AM 0.17				10:51PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	18	18	13	12	17	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	12	12	10	18	18	12	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Monday 27	Tuesday 28
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	721	738	638	636	673	661	660	604	627	521	520	661	649	635	679	559	595	594	581	549	592	598
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:25PM 0.60													4:14AM 0.65
Low Tide / height (m)									9:59PM 0.13													10:21AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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