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Level 6/10

Pedra Branca

26km off SE Tasmania, Australia

⚠️Shallow🪸Sharp reef

Pedra Branca is surfing's final frontier—a tiny rock pinnacle 26km off the coast of Tasmania that faces directly toward Antarctica and catches the full force of Southern Ocean storms. First surfed in 2008, the wave breaks on a reef around the rock in ice-cold water saturated with great white sharks. Getting there requires a major jet-ski expedition and favorable weather windows. The wave is powerful, remote, and genuinely life-threatening. This is as far from civilization as surfing gets.

10-Day Forecast

Mon

Poor

3.5mSW

@15s

35km/h

3.5m

@15s

35km/h

Choppy

Tue

Poor

4.9mSW

@14s

18km/h

4.9m

@14s

18km/h

Choppy

Wed

Poor

3.6mSW

@14s

20km/h

3.6m

@14s

20km/h

Choppy

Thu

Poor

3.3mSW

@13s

18km/h

3.3m

@13s

18km/h

Fri

Poor

4.0mSW

@15s

32km/h

4.0m

@15s

32km/h

Sat

Poor

4.8mSW

@15s

28km/h

4.8m

@15s

28km/h

Choppy

Sun

Poor

4.0mSW

@15s

16km/h

4.0m

@15s

16km/h

Choppy

Mon

Poor

2.7mSW

@14s

28km/h

2.7m

@14s

28km/h

Choppy

Tue

Poor

1.9mW

@13s

31km/h

1.9m

@13s

31km/h

Wed

Poor

1.8mSW

@14s

53km/h

1.8m

@14s

53km/h

Choppy

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Today's Conditions

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Swell

3.5m

SW(224°)

Score: 2/25

Period

15s

Long period groundswell

Score: 8/25

Wind

35km/h

NW(308°)

Score: 0/25

Weather

12°C

0.0mm71%

Windswell Component

1.1mWNW@4s

Secondary Swell

0.7mSW

Forecast Confidence

100%

Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather

Best Session

morning

AM: 29 km/h WNW|PM: 37 km/h NW

29 km/h vs 37 km/h afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Wind

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Tide Times

1:54 am

High tide - 0.10m

7:54 am

Low tide - -0.24m

3:10 pm

High tide - 0.37m

9:50 pm

Low tide - -0.05m

Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

Poor

Components

Swell Direction11/25

Swell Size2/25

Swell Period8/25

Wind0/25

Raw Score21/100

Adjustments

🤢 Wind History-21

⚠️ Weak Component-15

📉 Undersized Swell-9

🚫 Undersized Capmax 30

Adjusted Score0/100

Confidence

Multiplier×1.00

Final Score0

🤢 Morning Sickness

Location & Conditions

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Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction: SSW (200°)
Direction range: 180° - 220°
Size range: 6m - 15m
Ideal size: 10.6m
Height multiplier: 1.08×
Ideal period: 18s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction: NNE (30°)
Offshore range: 0° - 60°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide: all

Water temp

12°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

6/10

Crowd level

3/10

Access: No land access — a bare rock ~26km off Tasmania's south coast. Reached only by a long boat expedition from Hobart with mandatory jet-ski tow. Expert big-wave crews only.