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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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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	Fri		Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	12	19	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	20	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	14
Energy	950	834	772	865	1113	1236	1028	972	765	643	669	532	508	738	806	912	1211	916	890	956	785	767
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	glass	on	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:39AM 0.38	12:58PM 0.60		2:29AM 0.43		2:21PM 0.60	3:30AM 0.53		3:23PM 0.61		4:13AM 0.61	4:12PM 0.60		4:47AM 0.68	4:51PM 0.59		5:18AM 0.74	5:25PM 0.57		5:47AM 0.77	5:58PM 0.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:09PM 0.21	5:20AM 0.26		8:34PM 0.19	7:56AM 0.29		9:23PM 0.16	9:25AM 0.25		9:57PM 0.14	10:22AM 0.19		10:26PM 0.11	11:05AM 0.15		10:51PM 0.09	11:40AM 0.11		11:14PM 0.07	12:13PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	22	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29
Low °C	29	27	27	28	27	28	27	28	28	28	27	26	27	26	27	28	27	29	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 SW	1.0 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	15	15	14	19	12	13	11	14	12	18	17	16	15	14	11	12	16	16	15	15	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-

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	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	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	845	922	810	829	785	808	772	879	906	934	1033	1113	1139	1096	1236	1106	1028	1123	1140	972	939	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:42AM 0.35				12:56PM 0.61					2:32AM 0.42				2:23PM 0.59				3:32AM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)			7:15PM 0.20			5:20AM 0.27					8:34PM 0.19				7:59AM 0.28				9:25PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	3	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	28	29	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	28	29	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	1.0 S	-	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	20	19	18	12	12	12	11	13	11	11	-	14	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 24	Saturday 25
	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	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Secret Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	982	967	950	938	942	912	810	862	759	759	854	829	728	759	759	749	794	704	698	744	755	748
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:42AM 0.35
Low Tide / height (m)							7:11PM 0.21										5:20AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	8	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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