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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	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	18	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	10	10	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	192	203	552	739	888	812	647	678	589	498	394	345	289	193	229	215	239	248	308	427	593	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:54PM 0.87		6:19AM 0.68	6:21PM 0.82		6:45AM 0.68	6:54PM 0.78		7:24AM 0.80		7:33PM 0.82	7:54AM 0.82		7:51PM 0.69	8:14AM 0.75		8:22PM 0.65	8:49AM 0.76		8:38PM 0.54	9:13AM 0.67
Low Tide / height (m)			12:29AM 0.05	12:08PM 0.07		12:45AM 0.02	12:38PM 0.04		1:07AM 0.02		1:19PM 0.06	1:34AM 0.03		1:45PM 0.07	1:48AM 0.03		2:18PM 0.10	2:13AM 0.05		2:53PM 0.14	2:30AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	11	10	3	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	27	28
Low °C	28	28	27	28	28	27	27	28	26	27	28	26	27	28	27	28	28	27	27	28	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	27	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	27	28
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	11	18	13	10	9	7	7	7	4	15	4	4	7	7	15	14	13	16	16	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	4	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Monday 02					Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	219	195	298	312	538	552	621	860	849	760	809	754	786	812	716	664	722	638	602	654	672	649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:54PM 0.87				6:12AM 0.61				6:30PM 0.88				6:43AM 0.69				6:58PM 0.84
Low Tide / height (m)						12:21AM 0.03				12:08PM 0.07				12:44AM 0.03				12:42PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	4
Temp. °C	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	27	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	11	6	10	18	18	13	13	13	10	9	12	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	3

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	230	195	192	195	218	223	223	238	203	296	294	312	316	458	538	534	564	552	655	641	798	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											5:54PM 0.87
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:24AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	27	27	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	18	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	11	6	6	11	11	6	10	10	10	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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