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Level 7/10

Marrawah

Northwest Tasmania, Australia
🦈Sharks🌀Strong rips🏝️Remote🪨Rocks

Marrawah is Australia's most exposed coastline—a wild stretch of Tasmania's northwest corner that takes the full brunt of the Roaring Forties. The waves here are powerful and unforgiving, breaking onto remote beaches backed by button grass plains and ancient rainforest. Great White sharks are common, as are powerful currents and zero crowds. When giant W-SW swells march in from the Southern Ocean, Marrawah produces some of the heaviest beach break waves in the country. This is frontier surfing for experienced surfers only.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
41
Poor
2.9m
@15s
15km/h
Tue
31
53
Fair
2.5m
@15s
26km/h
Wed
1
45
Fair
1.9m
@14s
21km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
2.9m
SW(216°)
Score: 23/25
Period
15s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
15km/h
NNE(22°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
16°C
0.0mm74%
Windswell Component
0.1mNNE@1s
0
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 6 km/h NE|PM: 17 km/h NNE
6 km/h vs 17 km/h afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

7:50 am
Low tide - -0.17m
12:30 pm
High tide - -0.05m
5:30 pm
Low tide - -0.14m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

41
Poor
Components
Swell Direction8/25
Swell Size23/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score57/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-11
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score41/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score41
🤢 Morning Sickness

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
WSW (250°)
Direction range
220° - 290°
Size range
1m - 3.5m
Ideal size
2.8m
Height multiplier
1.08×
Ideal period
14s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
E (90°)
Offshore range
45° - 135°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
all
Optimal range
0.3m - 1.5m

Water temp

14°C

Wetsuit

4/3mm fullsuit

Difficulty

7/10

Crowd level

1/10

👥 Autumn Break (Apr 4Apr 19) — expect extra crowds

Access: Remote drive from Launceston. Limited facilities.

Best Season

Peak: Mar-Oct

Secondary: Nov, Feb

Year-round power. The most exposed coast in Australia.

Getting There

Airport
LST
Drive time
180 min
Data quality
verified

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