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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	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	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	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	18	17	16	15	15	14	18	18	16	16	15	15	14
Energy	569	537	537	446	457	396	345	399	494	648	837	895	645	1110	1009	1272	1182	1047	1198	1094	749	664
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:27PM 0.53		6:45AM 0.79			7:15AM 0.77		7:26PM 0.46	7:46AM 0.74		7:54PM 0.43	8:19AM 0.70		8:25PM 0.40	8:56AM 0.65		9:04PM 0.36	9:37AM 0.63		10:08PM 0.40	10:30AM 0.58
Low Tide / height (m)			12:06AM 0.05		1:16PM 0.07	12:29AM 0.04		1:44PM 0.08	12:56AM 0.05		2:17PM 0.10	1:24AM 0.08		2:55PM 0.13	1:53AM 0.11		3:39PM 0.18	2:25AM 0.16		4:36PM 0.21	3:17AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	8	1	-	6	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	1	10	4	-	6	4	1	20	2
High °C	29	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	28	29	28	28	29	29	27	28	28	26
Low °C	28	29	27	28	29	27	28	29	27	27	28	27	28	29	28	28	28	28	26	27	25	26
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	27	28	29	28	28	29	29	27	28	28	26
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	17	16	15	15	14	18	18	16	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.1 W	0.4 SSE	0.2 W	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	18	16	13	15	12	8	4	19	18	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 02					Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	613	638	517	508	371	531	536	507	446	523	444	409	474	396	343	344	345	420	366	422	449	494
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:27PM 0.53				6:45AM 0.79				6:57PM 0.50					7:16AM 0.76				7:36PM 0.51
Low Tide / height (m)						12:03AM 0.04					1:13PM 0.06			12:29AM 0.04					1:44PM 0.08			12:56AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	28	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	29	27	28
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	29	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	18	8	18	8	16	16	16	13	15	15	14	12	12	14	14	8	4	14	20	8	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 02	Sunday 03
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 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	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	613	613	569	613	611	638	620	636	549	549	515	508	483	492	455	484	531	531	537	566	491	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												6:27PM 0.53
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:03AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	-
High °C	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27
Chill °C (?)	27	28	28	28	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	27
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 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	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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