Longboarding in Tasmania
When heading over to Tasmania there was a general question Ella and I had. is their longboarding in Tasmania?
I think its a fair question. Tasmania isn’t known for summer days, or anything relaxing (outside of wineries and cideries). The slogan is “Keep Tassie Wild” and when exploring, we understood why.
That being said, we were pleasantly surprised with how much surf is on offer for those who longboard.
Every surfer and their mate has heard of Shipstern Bluff. It’s one of Australia’s most intense and iconcic waves. But what if you wanted it low and slow? What if your a longbaorder? Is there anything on offer?
Below is our pick of the spots we surfed when in Tassie.
North-West TAS
The west coast is Tasmania is as ruggered as Australia gets. Unpopulated, wild, windy, raw. Yet, we found one wave that would support the longboard way of life.
Marrawah is home to surfing the relaxed wave. Now, obviously conditions dictate everything, but this open beach had a lot of sand and even on the onshore wind, you could tell that given the right conditions this would be a lot of fun.
Stanley may not be a surf town. It’s locality would suggest that the weather holds a firm grip on the town, and you’re right. Yet, with a miracle, Ella had a lone surf at the nut. With big offshore winds framing some nice waves, we felt this was a pretty lucky pick.
Boat Harbour is our third pick for the area. This stunning beach frames a small coastal tourist town that attracts a lot of attention, but to it’s credit and size, it’s not “too” crowded.
North East TAS
Known for its orange rocky coast line and impeccable headlands and hiking, you’d be fooled to not know that there is some real fun waves to be had on the North East.
Beerbarrel Beach, Maurouard Beach and Taylors Beach gave us some fun as we based ourselves in St Helens for the week.
Beaumaris to the south of St Helens holds a fantastic wave, south of the small headland. We spent a few mornings enjoying listening the complaints of mature locals whinging about how there were so many people out (4 people were out).
Bicheno is a super fun town. Known for epic seafood and a really cool fresh water swimming hole just north, there is also a really fun wave to be surfed.
Like any guide, there are always more waves to explore than what we have shared here. We just hope this helps you decide to bring the longboard along to your next adventure in Tasmania.
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