Low Head, Australia
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About Low Head
Low Head is a town in Tasmania, Australia. From Low Head you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is East Beach, a surf spot 0.5 km from the centre. Overture lists 7 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites. The nearest airport is DPO, 33 km away.
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Staying in Low Head
- 7 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: DPO, 33 km, LST, 64 km, BWT, 90 km
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Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Low Head.
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Surf within 20 km
The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.
Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate
| Spot | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Beach0.5 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up | 1 ft2 kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots | 1 ft3 kJwind from the north, 6 knots | 1 ft3 kJwind from the north, 6 knots | 1 ft2 kJwind from the north-north-east, 6 knots | 2 ft7 kJwind from the north, 5 knots | 2 ft8 kJwind from the north, 8 knots | 1 ft5 kJwind from the west-north-west, 4 knots |
All readings for East Beach: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Low Head, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).