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Diggers Island South Beach

Victoria · Australia

IntermediateBeach break-38.874, 146.004

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Diggers Island South Beach is a SE-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through october–april.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~12.9°C (55.2°F) on average

Jan

18.5°C

65.3°F · 17–21.5°C

Feb

19°C

66.2°F · 18.1–20.5°C

Mar

18.6°C

65.5°F · 17.4–20.5°C

Apr

17.3°C

63.1°F · 16.1–18.4°C

May

15.9°C

60.6°F · 14.7–17.2°C

Jun

14.5°C

58.1°F · 13.5–15.6°C

Jul

13.3°C

55.9°F · 12.5–14.1°C

Aug

12.8°C

55°F · 12.1–13.5°C

Sep

12.9°C

55.2°F · 11.9–14°C

Oct

14°C

57.2°F · 13.1–15.5°C

Nov

15.6°C

60.1°F · 13.8–18°C

Dec

17.1°C

62.8°F · 15.5–18.9°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

E–S

Best wind

W–N

Break type

Beach break

Best season

October–April

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.

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