what ocean is south of tasmania
1 South of Tasmania and Australia's southern coastline is the Southern Ocean. 2  North of Australia are the Timor and Arafura seas. 3  To the southeast, between Australia and New Zealand, is the Tasman Sea.4  To the northeast is the Coral Sea.ustralia has the Indian Ocean to the west and south and the Pacific Ocean to the east and north. Way south of Australia at latitude 60 degrees, is the Southern Ocean.
The Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the longest of the world's ocean currents.Also known as the channel, it connects the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Ocean basins and exerts a powerful influence over the Earth's climate.n a remote south-western corner of Tasmania is the pristine 'sunken valley'. This unusual estuarine system within the areas of Port Davey and Bathurst Harbour is home to species of marine wildlife that usually exist in much deeper water.