TASMANIA

With year round surf in Tasmania, plenty of uncrowded breaks with clean, powerful waves, you’ll be stoked surfing in Tasmania.

One of the best things about surfing in Tasmania is 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 wide Southern Ocean - it gets really big. So does South Cape Bay - surfers carry their boards on a 7 kilometre 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.