SURF ATLAS/ AUSTRALIA
Shipstern Bluff
🇦🇺 Tasmania, Australia
Beneath a sheer dolerite cliff on Tasmania's remote Tasman Peninsula, reachable only by boat or a long hike. A thick, frigid slab famous for 'the step' — a ledge that folds down the face mid-drop. Cold water, sharks and zero margin make it one of the heaviest waves on Earth.
REGION
Australia
BREAK
Big Wave
LEVEL
Pro
SEASON
Jun–Aug
BEST SWELL
S–SW groundswell
BEST WIND
NW offshore
WATCH FOR
The step, cold, sharks
LIVE REPORT
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