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.

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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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Nias Wavefinder

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	Tue		Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Bawa Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	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	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Hilisataro Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Lagundri - The Point Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	678	625	712	532	646	561	624	566	445	431	455	404	500	463	437	539	451	385	396	382	340	341
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																		3:21PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)																	8:15AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	12	3	-	4	-	-	7	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	29	28	28	28	18	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Low °C	29	28	28	28	27	17	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28	27	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	28	28	28	18	29	28	28	29	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	5:57	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	16	21	9	9	9	8	16	15	15	9	9	18	17	16	15	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	6:30PM	9:30PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	651	695	675	728	707	717	712	618	532	598	650	646	601	596	633	642	514	570	625	566	547	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																		7:59PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	4	5	1	2	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3
Temp. °C	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	17	16	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	28	28	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	17	15	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	15	9	9	20	19	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14	Wednesday 15
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	8:30AM	9:30AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Nias	Lagundri-Indicators Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa Nias	Bawa 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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias	Asu Nias
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	642	826	678	736	705	695	666	682	682	673	637	625	628	629	706	720	252	315	711	711	712	712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	15	16	28	28	28	28
Chill °C (?)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	15	16	28	28	28	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

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