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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	Mon		Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon
	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	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri-The Machine Nias	Hilisataro Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	14	12	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	815	728	616	672	543	350	350	316	302	339	290	308	355	270	435	315	339	319	289	207	218	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:44PM 0.55	9:21AM 0.75		9:21PM 0.43	10:15AM 0.68		10:12PM 0.35	11:32AM 0.65		12:09AM 0.30		1:23PM 0.59	2:55AM 0.34		3:00PM 0.68		4:04AM 0.48	4:02PM 0.71		4:44AM 0.53	4:46PM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 0.03		3:51PM 0.15	3:00AM 0.07		5:06PM 0.21	3:40AM 0.14			7:43PM 0.24	4:49AM 0.22		9:36PM 0.19	7:49AM 0.25		10:27PM 0.18	9:42AM 0.25		10:55PM 0.13	10:32AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	-	1	2	1	4	2	2	-	1	-	4	-	1	4	3	-	4	-	1
High °C	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	29	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	28
Low °C	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	29	27	28	28	27	28	28	26	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	29	28	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	6:40	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	14	12	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	15	15	8	16	18	18	15	16	13	14	8	9	16	13	13	10	10	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 23			Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thursday 26
	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	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	815	568	584	728	816	768	589	672	624	628	586	543	486	411	415	333	350	341	316	245	323	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:42PM 0.52				9:21AM 0.75				9:21PM 0.43					10:23AM 0.76				10:19PM 0.39
Low Tide / height (m)	2:59PM 0.08				2:27AM 0.02				3:51PM 0.15				3:00AM 0.07					5:02PM 0.23			3:40AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	2
Temp. °C	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	13	16	16	13	9	9	9	14	8	8	8	8	8	19	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	744	703	815	815	665	665	661	587	557	637	728	728	855	826	816	719	673	638	638	629	589	679
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								8:42PM 0.52													9:21AM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)		3:00PM 0.09												2:27AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	26	26	26	27	27	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	26	26	26	27	27	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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