Ocean Beach is a long stretch of beach running north of
Macquarie Heads and
Hells Gates on the
West Coast West Coast or west coast may refer to:
Geography Australia
* Western Australia
*Regions of South Australia#Weather forecasting, West Coast of South Australia
* West Coast, Tasmania
**West Coast Range, mountain range in the region
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. It is close to
Strahan and parallel to the
Strahan Airport
Strahan Airport is an airport located west of Strahan, Tasmania, Australia. It is the main airport for the West Coast of Tasmania, and is owned and maintained by the West Coast Council. The need for an airport in the area was suggested in the ...
runway. It extends as far north as
Trial Harbour
Trial Harbour is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of West Coast in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Zeehan. The 2016 census has a population of 24 for the state ...
and the coast immediately west of
Zeehan
Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan, and neighbouring mining towns of Dundas, Rosebery and Queenstown.
History
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Exposed to the ocean with no landmass at this longitude between it and South America, this beach can be exposed to
extreme weather
Extreme weather or extreme climate events includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. Often, extreme events are based on a locat ...
conditions. In serious weather it can have large extended lines of breakers, and a swell at the
Cape Sorell Waverider Buoy at up to 20+ metres.
In the 1940s the beach area was utilised by local gliding and soaring club members
Whale stranding frequently occurs along this stretch of the West Coast—and can be difficult to remedy due to the isolated location and low population numbers to assist in whale rescue.
It was also the name of a stopping place on the
Strahan–Zeehan Railway which was on a part of the railway line where shifting sand dunes often affected the track.
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Beaches of Tasmania
Western Tasmania
Coastline of Tasmania
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