West Beach
Tasmania · Australia
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West Beach is a N-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches NW–E swell, and offshore S–SW 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: ~12.1°C (53.8°F) on average
Jan
17.8°C
64°F · 16–20.4°C
Feb
18.8°C
65.8°F · 17.4–20.8°C
Mar
18.5°C
65.3°F · 17–19.8°C
Apr
17.2°C
63°F · 15.1–18.6°C
May
15.6°C
60.1°F · 13.5–17.1°C
Jun
14.1°C
57.4°F · 12.6–15.3°C
Jul
12.7°C
54.9°F · 11.1–13.7°C
Aug
12°C
53.6°F · 11.2–12.9°C
Sep
12.1°C
53.8°F · 11.5–12.9°C
Oct
13.1°C
55.6°F · 12–14.4°C
Nov
14.8°C
58.6°F · 12.9–17.9°C
Dec
16°C
60.8°F · 14.7–17.9°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
NW–E
Best wind
S–SW
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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