Little Porky Beach
Tasmania · Australia
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Little Porky Beach is a E-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches NE–SE swell, and offshore SW–NW winds tidy the banks through october–april.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~13.4°C (56.1°F) on average
Jan
17.1°C
62.8°F · 15.5–19.3°C
Feb
17.9°C
64.2°F · 16.5–19°C
Mar
17.7°C
63.9°F · 16.1–19.3°C
Apr
16.7°C
62.1°F · 15.2–18.1°C
May
15.6°C
60.1°F · 14.4–16.6°C
Jun
14.8°C
58.6°F · 13.8–15.7°C
Jul
14.3°C
57.7°F · 13.3–15.2°C
Aug
13.6°C
56.5°F · 12.8–14.6°C
Sep
13.4°C
56.1°F · 12.3–14.4°C
Oct
13.7°C
56.7°F · 12.8–14.7°C
Nov
14.7°C
58.5°F · 13.1–16.9°C
Dec
15.8°C
60.4°F · 14.5–17.6°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
NE–SE
Best wind
SW–NW
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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