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.

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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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Nias Wavefinder

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	Sat		Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	12	15	15
Energy(?)	405	360	566	574	865	990	931	977	893	743	727	701	640	601	707	682	499	672	437	386	395	437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:59AM 0.35
Low Tide / height (m)		9:07PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	5	3	-	-	2	-	1	2	1	5	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	4	1	-
High °C	28	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	16	29	29	28	29
Low °C	28	28	28	28	27	28	29	28	28	29	27	28	29	27	28	29	27	16	29	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	28	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	16	29	29	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	5:55	6:34	-	-	6:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	13	20	19	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	9	8	16	9	9	9	-	9	8	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11	Sunday 12	Monday 13	Tuesday 14
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	421	369	414	370	532	708	726	662	523	679	851	865	1029	1013	1000	956	931	916	912	977	985	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb	ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:04AM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)			9:04PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	3	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	29	29	28	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	28	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	6	6	6	13	20	20	20	19	19	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11	Sunday 12
	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	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	20	20	20	20	20
Energy(?)	435	428	405	400	378	369	369	364	414	360	360	360	356	532	532	523	653	649	654	743	765	726
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)															3:04AM 0.34
Low Tide / height (m)									9:04PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	13	13	13	13	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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