Nias, Indonesia
No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 339 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 66 km.
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About Nias
Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.
Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for kitesurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually November, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 339 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 66 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Purus, is 339 km away. Nearest airport: GNS (GNS), 66 km.
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Where it is
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Forecast
The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18Oct | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 4 knots | 7kn | on | 1.3 mwaves |
| Mon 19Oct | 0, poor | wind from the south, 1 knot | 6kn | side-on | 1.8 mwaves |
| Tue 20Oct | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 1 knot | 6kn | side | 1.9 mwaves |
| Wed 21Oct | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 3 knots | 6kn | side | 1.6 mwaves |
| Thu 22Oct | 0, poor | wind from the north-west, 1 knot | 7kn | side | 1.4 mwaves |
| Fri 23Oct | 0, poor | wind from the north-west, 5 knots | 10kn | side | 1.7 mwaves |
| Sat 24Oct | 0, poor | wind from the north-west, 3 knots | 6kn | side | 2.0 mwaves |
| Sun 25Oct | 0, poor | wind from the west, 0 knots | 10kn | side-on | 1.9 mwaves |
| Mon 26Oct | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 4 knots | 8kn | side | 1.7 mwaves |
| Tue 27Oct | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots | 9kn | side | 1.7 mwaves |
| Wed 28Oct | 0, poor | – | – | – | – |
Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.
The season
Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan0of 7
- Feb0of 7
- Mar0of 7
- Apr0of 7
- May0of 7
- Jun0of 7
- Jul0of 7
- Aug0of 7
- Sep0of 7
- Oct0of 7
- Nov1of 7
- Dec0of 7
Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.
Your trip, day by day
6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates
- Mon 19 OctTravel out
No way there we can work out.
- Tue 20 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 1 kn gusting 6, side-shore. Water: waves 1.9 m.
- Wed 21 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 3 kn gusting 6, side-shore. Water: waves 1.6 m.
- Thu 22 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 1 kn gusting 7, side-shore. Water: waves 1.4 m.
- Fri 23 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 5 kn gusting 10, side-shore. Water: waves 1.7 m.
- Sat 24 OctRest day
Not enough of the right wind: 3 kn gusting 6, side-shore. Water: waves 2 m.
- Sun 25 OctTravel home
No way there we can work out.
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