Yellow Rock Beach
Tasmania · Australia
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Yellow Rock Beach is a NW-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches W–N swell, and offshore E–S winds tidy the banks through october–april.
10-day forecast
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Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~13.5°C (56.3°F) on average
Jan
17.3°C
63.1°F · 15.7–19.8°C
Feb
18.1°C
64.6°F · 16.6–19.3°C
Mar
17.9°C
64.2°F · 16.7–19.5°C
Apr
16.8°C
62.2°F · 15.3–18°C
May
15.7°C
60.3°F · 14.5–16.7°C
Jun
14.8°C
58.6°F · 13.8–15.8°C
Jul
14.3°C
57.7°F · 13.1–15.3°C
Aug
13.6°C
56.5°F · 12.9–14.6°C
Sep
13.5°C
56.3°F · 12.4–14.5°C
Oct
13.8°C
56.8°F · 12.9–14.7°C
Nov
14.9°C
58.8°F · 13.2–17.3°C
Dec
16°C
60.8°F · 14.7–17.8°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
W–N
Best wind
E–S
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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