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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04
	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	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	11	14	13	13	16
Energy	1900	1638	1597	1336	1087	941	828	690	627	686	748	722	772	978	787	1060	1289	952	1264	1302	1186	1160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:47AM 0.72	4:56PM 0.47		5:21AM 0.74	5:39PM 0.49		5:54AM 0.75	6:15PM 0.48		6:28AM 0.75	6:52PM 0.48		7:02AM 0.74		7:17PM 0.42	7:36AM 0.73		7:51PM 0.41	8:10AM 0.71		8:29PM 0.41
Low Tide / height (m)		11:29AM 0.14		10:30PM 0.10	12:02PM 0.10		11:02PM 0.08	12:34PM 0.08		11:34PM 0.06		1:09PM 0.09	12:06AM 0.06		1:38PM 0.09	12:39AM 0.07		2:16PM 0.11	1:13AM 0.09		2:51PM 0.12	1:48AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28
Low °C	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	27	27	28	26	26	27	26	27	28	27
Chill °C (?)	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	14	14	14	13	13	11	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	15	11	7	8	18	16	15	11	18	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu 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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	1921	1900	1685	1660	1638	1639	1597	1575	1421	1336	1301	1117	1087	1005	941	798	891	828	686	656	690	707
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-flow	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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:47AM 0.72				4:56PM 0.47				5:21AM 0.74				5:39PM 0.49				5:54AM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)						11:29AM 0.14				10:30PM 0.10				12:01PM 0.11				11:02PM 0.08				12:34PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	27	27	27	28	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	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	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha 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	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	2183	1920	1921	1873	1950	1900	1822	1798	1685	1663	1682	1660	1660	1638	1638	1638	1639	1639	1373	1373	1597	1374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)										4:47AM 0.72
Low Tide / height (m)				10:01PM 0.14													11:29AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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