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Flaxmans Hill Beach

Victoria · Australia

IntermediateBeach break-38.541, 142.747

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Flaxmans Hill 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: ~13.8°C (56.8°F) on average

Jan

17.8°C

64°F · 15.8–20°C

Feb

17.9°C

64.2°F · 16.9–19.1°C

Mar

17.7°C

63.9°F · 16.6–19.3°C

Apr

16.6°C

61.9°F · 14.8–17.6°C

May

15.8°C

60.4°F · 14.6–16.8°C

Jun

15.2°C

59.4°F · 14.5–16.5°C

Jul

14.6°C

58.3°F · 13.6–15.7°C

Aug

13.9°C

57°F · 13–14.8°C

Sep

13.8°C

56.8°F · 12.9–14.7°C

Oct

14.2°C

57.6°F · 13.2–15.3°C

Nov

15.4°C

59.7°F · 13.8–17.7°C

Dec

16.6°C

61.9°F · 14.7–18.7°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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