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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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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	Sat		Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	18	16	16
Energy	1169	1276	1247	1325	1480	1173	914	682	729	655	514	670	699	819	702	642	514	359	433	839	1166	1204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:23PM 0.46		4:57AM 0.87	5:19PM 0.48		5:46AM 0.87	6:10PM 0.45		6:34AM 0.91	7:00PM 0.46	7:01PM 0.49	7:23AM 0.89		7:49PM 0.47	8:10AM 0.86		8:44PM 0.53	8:56AM 0.83		9:33PM 0.51	9:43AM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)		10:01PM 0.04	11:47AM 0.05		10:48PM 0.02	12:38PM 0.01		11:38PM 0.00		1:26PM 0.00	12:26AM 0.01		2:13PM 0.02	1:14AM 0.03		3:03PM 0.05	2:08AM 0.09		3:42PM 0.08	2:57AM 0.15		4:27PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	9	4	1	7	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	1	14	1	-	6	5	6
High °C	29	29	27	27	27	25	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	29	27	26	27	25	25	26	26	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	29	29	27	27	27	25	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:36	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	18	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	19	13	8	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	17	16	8	13	8	8	8	8	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1169	1166	1162	1276	1581	1463	1247	1564	1325	1207	1480	1480	1459	1221	1173	927	914	838	762	682	784	807
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:23PM 0.46				4:56AM 0.85				5:19PM 0.48				5:46AM 0.87				6:10PM 0.45				6:34AM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)				10:01PM 0.04				11:53AM 0.06				10:48PM 0.02				12:38PM 0.01				11:38PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	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	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	5	2	2	2	1	-	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	26	26
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	19	19	19	19	18	13	8	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-

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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	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hilisataro Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17
Energy	1038	1157	1169	1055	1166	1166	1163	1145	1162	1266	1256	1276	1373	1589	1581	1269	1499	1463	1445	1247	1247	1523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				4:23PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)										10:01PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	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	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	26
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	27	26	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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