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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	Sat	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02
	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	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Secret Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	20	18	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1113	1083	993	959	747	638	669	592	457	766	954	882	1143	857	832	895	810	692	657	569	567	568
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:32AM 0.42		2:21PM 0.60	3:32AM 0.52		3:25PM 0.60		4:13AM 0.61	4:12PM 0.60		1:18PM 0.82	1:20AM 0.60		5:18AM 0.74	5:25PM 0.57		5:47AM 0.77	5:58PM 0.55		6:17AM 0.78	6:28PM 0.52
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56AM 0.29		9:25PM 0.16	9:27AM 0.24		10:02PM 0.15	10:22AM 0.19		10:26PM 0.11		7:47PM 0.21	10:51PM 0.09	11:40AM 0.11		11:14PM 0.07	12:13PM 0.08		11:38PM 0.05	12:43PM 0.06		12:02AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	13	1	1	-	-	4	13	1	1	12	6	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	13	1	5	-
High °C	28	27	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	27	28	28	28	27	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	28
Low °C	28	27	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	27	28	28	26	27	28	27	28	28	27	27	27	27
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	27	28	28	28	27	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	28
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:31	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	17	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	14	12	18	17	16	15	12	18	12	16	16	15	16	14	-	8	-	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	6:30AM	9:30AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	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	1.0 S
Period(s)	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	1009	1071	1098	1096	1236	1109	1070	1152	1010	959	386	377	747	732	638	661	627	669	573	600	567	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:29AM 0.43				2:22PM 0.63								3:25PM 0.60					4:13AM 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37PM 0.18				7:59AM 0.28				9:25PM 0.16			6:36AM 0.25	9:27AM 0.24				9:59PM 0.13					10:21AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	4	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	5	3	5	1	-
Temp. °C	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	14	14	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29
Chill °C (?)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	13	13	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	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	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	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
Period (s)	18	12	12	11	13	11	11	-	14	14	26	24	12	12	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 25	Sunday 26
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hiliduha Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Bawa Nias
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	965	1033	1033	1008	1113	1113	1116	1056	1139	1124	488	495	1223	1151	1236	1221	1252	1109	1109	1087	993	1213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)								2:32AM 0.42												2:23PM 0.59
Low Tide / height (m)		8:34PM 0.19											7:59AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	2	-	1	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	16	16	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	28	15	15	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	18	18	12	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	18	12	12	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	4	11	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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