Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state, has received a bit more attention in the surf media of late. Tas has a rep for being big, burly and cold. That cred has not been diminished by recent disclosure of “Fluffytonka”, a reefbreak off the Apple Isle that looks like a bigger, scarier version of Shark Island. Judging from the photos, speculation that it is Australia’s heaviest wave is warranted.
West coast: check Marrawah, Mt Cameron, Lighthouse. the bluff, Granville, devonport and Tam O’ Shanter Bay.
East coast: try Musselroe Bay, Eddystone Point, Binalong Bay, Swansea, Scamander rivermouth, Shelley among others.
RT flights from Sydney to Launceston are about $450 AUS. The overnight car ferry from Melbourne is about half that. — Ed
