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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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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	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	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 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	19	18	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	19	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	360	342	312	445	630	1171	1234	946	1187	1176	950	829	755	916	988	1036	989	971	730	627	539	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:36PM 0.46	9:11AM 0.79		9:27PM 0.40	10:09AM 0.71		10:42PM 0.34	11:25AM 0.63		12:40AM 0.36	12:56PM 0.61		2:29AM 0.43		2:21PM 0.60	3:32AM 0.56		3:23PM 0.61		4:12AM 0.62
Low Tide / height (m)		3:01PM 0.07	2:05AM 0.04		3:59PM 0.13	2:46AM 0.11		5:20PM 0.19	3:39AM 0.18			7:11PM 0.21	5:20AM 0.27		8:34PM 0.19	7:56AM 0.29		9:27PM 0.18	9:27AM 0.24		9:57PM 0.14	10:21AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	43	-	-	1	2	9	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	2	7	3	-	-	3	-	9	2
High °C	25	26	27	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	27	28	28	29	28	28
Low °C	24	26	26	28	28	27	28	29	27	28	29	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	28
Chill °C (?)	25	26	27	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	27	28	28	29	28	28
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	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 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	12	18	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	19	12	18	9	16	16	15	15	14	19	12	10	11	14	15	20	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	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	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	20	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	366	384	360	345	342	321	370	356	341	285	547	798	630	642	1106	1185	971	1008	1131	1150	946	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:22AM 0.85				8:36PM 0.46				9:12AM 0.81				9:27PM 0.40					10:09AM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34AM 0.00				3:01PM 0.07				2:06AM 0.04				3:59PM 0.13				2:46AM 0.11					5:20PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	15	13	40	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	26	27	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	26	27	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	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	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	13	8	20	20	19	18	12	12	12	18	18	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	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	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	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
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	338	429	426	426	421	384	375	366	353	351	282	345	344	339	342	342	345	315	319	375	370	370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)								8:22AM 0.85												8:36PM 0.46
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34AM 0.00														3:01PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	6	2	2	2	3	8	15	16	6	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	26
Chill °C (?)	25	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	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	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	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
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

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