A spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania confirmed on Tuesday morning that experts were travelling to the island to investigate.

"It appears all 14 animals are young males and were dead at the time the stranding was reported on Monday afternoon," they said.

"Marine Conservation Program wildlife biologists and a vet are travelling to the island to conduct investigations including necropsy where possible and collect valuable samples.

"MCP will also carry out an aerial inspection to determine if there are any other whales in the area.

"Parks and Wildlife Service staff are on site monitoring the situation."

The situation is reminiscent of the mass stranding in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's West Coast in 2020.

"It is not unusual for sperm whales to be sighted in Tasmania and the area the whales have stranded is within the normal range and habitat for sperm whales," the spokesperson said.

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"While further inquiries are yet to be carried out, it is possible the whales were part of the same bachelor pod - a group of younger male sperm whales associating together after leaving the maternal group."

The spokesperson also warned members of the public that it was unsafe to be in the area of the stranding, and that interfering with dead whales was a criminal offence.

"Members of the public are reminded it is an offence to interfere with protected wildlife, including being in possession of parts of a dead whale, and are asked to keep their distance.

"Surfer and swimmers are asked to avoid the immediate area as the carcasses may attract sharks."

Sightings of free-swimming or stranded whales and dolphins should be reported to NRE Tasmania's whales hotline on 0427 WHALES.