Ocean Beach

Ocean Beach is a vast, exposed sandy beach on Tasmania's west coast immediately west of Strahan in the West Coast Council area. Extending more than 30 kilometres from Macquarie Heads to Trial Harbour along the Southern Ocean, it is Tasmania's longest beach. Notable for its powerful surf, extensive dune systems including the Henty Dunes, and dramatic sunsets, it offers a remote, natural coastal landscape rather than a developed swimming beach.

Visitors can expect a long, wide expanse of sand backed by dunes and facing the open Southern Ocean. The setting is wild and windswept with strong surf, driftwood and expansive views. There is a lookout and car park at the Strahan end off Ocean Beach Road, with access to the sand via tracks through the dunes. Visitors typically walk along the beach, photograph the coastline and watch sunsets. There are no shops, cafes or patrolled swimming areas on the beach itself.

Ocean Beach lies on Tasmania's remote west coast near the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, an area associated with early 19th-century penal settlement at Sarah Island and later west coast mining and port activity at Strahan. The coastline has a history of shipwrecks due to its exposed Southern Ocean conditions.

The west coast coastline holds significance for Tasmanian Aboriginal people as part of the broader cultural landscape of western Tasmania. Today the beach is valued as a natural landmark and scenic attraction for the Strahan community and visitors to the West Coast region.