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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	Sun		Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	20	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy	1104	959	747	638	669	544	457	834	1013	794	1142	901	832	940	910	767	624	261	531	530	465	463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:32AM 0.52		3:25PM 0.60		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		6:17AM 0.82	6:30PM 0.55		6:46AM 0.78	6:57PM 0.50
Low Tide / height (m)		9:25PM 0.16	9:27AM 0.24		9:59PM 0.13	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		11:37PM 0.06	12:43PM 0.07		12:09AM 0.05		1:13PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	10	4	-	2	2	1	1	-	1	1	2	1	21	14	-	1	6	-	1	-	-
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	28	29	26	28	29	15	29	28	29	29
Low °C	29	28	29	29	28	29	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	24	24	27	27	14	29	27	28	29
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	28	29	26	28	29	12	29	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	5:38	6:31	-	-	6:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	11	14	12	18	17	16	15	12	18	12	16	16	15	16	15	-	14	5	18	16	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26			Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	Asu 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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	12	12	12	13	18	18
Energy	1104	1152	1010	959	939	888	747	732	638	661	627	669	573	600	567	545	570	551	612	845	720	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:23PM 0.59				3:32AM 0.52				3:25PM 0.60					4:13AM 0.61				4:12PM 0.63				4:46AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)			9:25PM 0.16				9:27AM 0.24				9:59PM 0.13					10:22AM 0.19				10:34PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	6	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	11	-	14	14	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	19	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26	Monday 27
	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	Asu 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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Secret Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	1109	1083	1104	1104	1216	1152	1152	1140	1010	985	971	959	946	952	939	926	908	788	777	766	747	747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:23PM 0.59													3:32AM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)									9:25PM 0.16												9:27AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	2	1	-	-	1
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	20	20	20	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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