Check the Beach

Prickly Bottom Beach

Flinders Council, Tasmania, Australia

Today at a glance

Best: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 7:36 pm
7 am
7.3
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
8 am
8.0
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
9 am
8.5
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
10 am
8.6
19 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
11 am
8.7
17 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
12 pm
8.6
17 km/h11 mph wind, Excellent
1 pm
8.2
18 km/h11 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.1
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
3 pm
8.0
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
4 pm
8.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Excellent
5 pm
9.2
8 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
6 pm
9.1
6 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
Now
8.6
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 7 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
23°C73°F
Water
17°C62°F
Wind
1610 km/hmph NNE
Gusts
3421 km/hmph
Waves
0.5 m2 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:36 pm
Today
7.3Great7 am1610
8.0Great8 am159
8.5Excellent9 am1610
8.6Excellent10 am1911
8.7Excellent11 am1711
8.6Excellent12 pm1711
8.2Great1 pm1811
7.1Great2 pm1610
8.0Great3 pm149
8.7Excellent4 pm117
9.2Excellent5 pm85
9.1Excellent6 pm64
8.6ExcellentNow1610
Sat
4.0Fair7 am2113
3.1Poor8 am1912
2.9Poor9 am2113
3.5Poor10 am2113
4.3Fair11 am1912
4.6Fair12 pm1711
4.2Fair1 pm1610
4.1Fair2 pm149
4.0Fair3 pm159
3.4Poor4 pm159
3.9Poor5 pm117
3.8Poor6 pm117
3.6Poor7 pm96
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 9 pm, 0.8 m. Low at 3 am, -0.7 m. High at 9 am, 0.9 m. Low at 3 pm, -0.7 mHigh 9 pm, 0.8 m3 ftLow 3 am, -0.7 m2 ftHigh 9 am, 0.9 m3 ftLow 3 pm, -0.7 m2 ftNow1 am7 am1 pm7 pm
  • High 9 pm, 0.8 m3 ft
  • Low 3 am, -0.7 m2 ft
  • High 9 am, 0.9 m3 ft
  • Low 3 pm, -0.7 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest airport
4 km2 miCape Barren Island Airport (CBI)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 59%
  • Sun3.6 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 95%
  • Mon3.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 36%
  • Tue4.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 24%
  • Wed3.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 42 km/h26 mph, rain 55%
  • Thu4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 38 km/h23 mph, rain 8%