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The Southland

Surfing at Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania, Australia

Known to any and all surfers as one of the places to surf before you die, Shipsterns Bluff in Tasmania should by on every list of extreme ocean adventures. The bluff is actually a right reef break off the coast of Tasmania and produces ultra powerful waves. What makes this location so scary is the dangerously sharp coral reef on the bottom of the ocean and the white pointer sharks in the vicinity. Conditions have to be just right to surf this wave as Shipstern breaks properly only on the largest southwest winter swells and the wave is often made unsurfable by prevailing winds from the northwest.

Photos: Waltzing Broomhilda - flickr

A Martin - flickr

Photos: The SouthLand - flickr

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Stuart Gibson connecting with James McKean at Shipsterns Bluff. It’s been a verrrry slow season over the last 2 years down there. Photo: Stu Gibson

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Shipstern Bluff 16th June 2016 from Dave Otto on Vimeo.

film. dave otto insta: @otzpic email: [email protected]

music. nine inch nails ghost II track 11 nin.com

surfers. danny griffiths russell bierke rudi schwartz james mckean