Surfing

• Surf Shipstern Bluff - Australia's heaviest wave.
• Our beaches are never crowded.

One of the best things about surfing in Tasmania is that, as long as you’re willing to travel, you will always find a great ride.

Close to Hobart, Park and Clifton Beaches are the favourite spots. Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula usually has a wave, and all up the east coast from Orford to Bicheno there’ll be somewhere breaking.

Further south, Bruny Island’s Cloudy Bay faces the Southern Ocean - it gets really big breaks. So does South Cape Bay (accessible from Cockle Creek). Surfers carry their boards on a seven-kilometre (4.5-mile) bushwalk through the World Heritage Area to reach this south coast beach.

Along the north coast, Bass Strait generates waves at a string of good beaches - try Tam O’Shanter north-east of Launceston or the gnarly Mersey Mouth at Devonport. In the west, Marrawah’s big Southern Ocean groundswells challenge the best.

Bring your wetsuit - like anywhere else in southern Australia, you’ll need it.

Check out the conditions at some of our local surf beaches.