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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Nias Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Nias Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Nias Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Nias Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Nias Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Nias Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Nias Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Nias Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Nias Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	18	16	15	16	16	15	14
Energy	1402	1553	1373	1501	1685	1309	1641	1348	1434	943	714	794	610	784	1041	1538	2140	2024	2549	2100	1790	1183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:06PM 0.43	10:02AM 0.64		11:09PM 0.45	10:50AM 0.60		12:17AM 0.51	11:48AM 0.57		1:26AM 0.55	12:59PM 0.52	1:05PM 0.58	2:24AM 0.64		2:12PM 0.50	3:19AM 0.70		3:26PM 0.51		4:07AM 0.79
Low Tide / height (m)		4:11PM 0.16	3:12AM 0.23		4:56PM 0.17		4:14AM 0.28	5:45PM 0.18		5:39AM 0.31	6:37PM 0.17		7:19AM 0.30		7:27PM 0.14	8:47AM 0.25		8:21PM 0.11	9:57AM 0.18		9:12PM 0.08	10:53AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	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	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	2	3	4	17	10	5	20	17	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	27	26	28	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	29	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	26	26	26	25	24	26	26	26	28	27	27	28	27	27
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	27	26	28	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	17	16	16	16	15	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	18	16	15	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	18	12	13	9	20	20	14	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	17	13	8	8	8	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Asu Nias	Asu 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	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	19	15	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	18	17	16
Energy	1372	1545	1402	1338	1553	1583	1565	1373	1760	1812	1501	1534	1685	2065	1708	1309	1366	1678	1641	1490	1348	1459
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:21AM 0.67					10:06PM 0.43				10:02AM 0.64				11:09PM 0.45				10:48AM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)	2:26AM 0.17					4:11PM 0.16			3:12AM 0.23					4:56PM 0.17				4:14AM 0.28				5:43PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	2	2
Temp. °C	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29
Chill °C (?)	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	19	15	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	18	14	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	15	19	18	18	12	13	13	13	22	21	9	9	20	19	19	20	14	14	14	18	8	8
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	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	19	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Energy	1109	1370	1372	1372	1545	1545	1422	1416	1402	1333	1330	1338	1338	1553	1553	1553	1585	1583	1616	1583	1565	1552
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:21AM 0.67													10:06PM 0.43
Low Tide / height (m)		2:26AM 0.17														4:11PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Chill °C (?)	27	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	19	19	19	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	19	15	15	15	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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