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 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	12	19	18	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	19	17	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	408	365	327	313	445	630	1171	1234	841	1295	1176	938	829	691	906	988	1082	1028	978	768	641	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:27AM 0.90		8:36PM 0.46	9:11AM 0.79		9:27PM 0.40	10:09AM 0.71		10:42PM 0.34	11:24AM 0.65		12:38AM 0.39	12:56PM 0.61		2:29AM 0.43		2:21PM 0.60	3:32AM 0.52		3:25PM 0.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34AM 0.00		3:03PM 0.07	2:05AM 0.04		3:59PM 0.13	2:46AM 0.11		5:19PM 0.19	3:39AM 0.18			7:10PM 0.22	5:20AM 0.27		8:34PM 0.19	7:56AM 0.29		9:25PM 0.16	9:31AM 0.26		9:57PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	21	39	2	-	4	-	6	1	1	3	2	-	6	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	15
High °C	29	24	27	27	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	28
Low °C	25	24	25	26	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	29	27	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	29	26
Chill °C (?)	29	24	27	27	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	28
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	12	12	18	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	19	12	18	9	8	16	15	15	14	19	12	11	11	14	12	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	20	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	318	299	416	384	365	345	339	326	315	351	351	340	549	798	630	643	1106	1185	966	1008	1108	1222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- 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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 0.56				8:22AM 0.85				8:39PM 0.47				9:15AM 0.83				9:27PM 0.40					10:09AM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)			1:34AM 0.00				3:01PM 0.07				2:05AM 0.04				3:59PM 0.13				2:46AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	10	11	6	21	18	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	1	3	-	1	-
Temp. °C	28	26	25	25	24	24	25	27	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	26	25	25	24	24	25	27	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	8	20	20	19	18	12	12	12	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	3	4	3	3	5	5	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	322	319	318	409	408	408	408	429	416	421	421	384	357	370	365	302	348	345	332	283	327	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:59PM 0.56													8:22AM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)							1:29AM 0.00														3:02PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	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	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	7	10	9	6	4	2	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3

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