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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	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	13	12	13	13	12	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	18	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13
Energy	443	448	419	343	391	465	612	673	929	849	990	705	1149	1253	883	1322	989	741	714	573	518	385
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:57PM 0.50		7:15AM 0.77		7:26PM 0.46	7:46AM 0.74		7:54PM 0.43	8:19AM 0.70		8:26PM 0.39	8:56AM 0.65		9:03PM 0.38	9:38AM 0.61		10:03PM 0.35	10:35AM 0.65		11:43PM 0.39	11:41AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.06	12:28AM 0.04		1:44PM 0.08	12:56AM 0.05		2:18PM 0.10	1:24AM 0.08		2:54PM 0.14	1:53AM 0.11		3:38PM 0.18	2:25AM 0.16		4:36PM 0.21	3:06AM 0.22		5:47PM 0.24		4:19AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	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	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	11	3	4	-	-	-	7	2	1	8	7	4	15	10	14	90	11	8	3	-
High °C	28	28	28	27	26	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27
Low °C	27	28	27	27	26	26	28	28	27	28	28	28	27	28	26	27	26	25	26	25	25	26
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	27	26	27	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	27
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	16	15	15	14	18	18	16	8	15	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	15	8	8	8	19	18	17	10	10	11	10	13	13	13	16	10	15	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 03					Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wed
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	17	16	16	16
Energy	443	523	448	410	474	419	342	344	343	329	391	422	438	548	522	531	648	714	673	628	651	747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:57PM 0.50					7:15AM 0.77				7:26PM 0.45				7:47AM 0.73				8:01PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)			1:13PM 0.06			12:28AM 0.04					1:44PM 0.08			12:56AM 0.05					2:21PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	3	5	4	2	1	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	27
Chill °C (?)	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	11	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	15	15	14	12	8	14	14	8	8	8	20	19	19	19	18	18	12	17	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	574	446	443	436	523	523	459	464	448	441	416	443	441	395	474	453	379	402	404	340	349	349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												6:58PM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)							1:13PM 0.06											12:29AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	1
High °C	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	12	12	14	12	12	13	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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