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vShark
Coastal intelligence

Experimental prototype — not an official warning system

Data

7 OF 12 SOURCES UNVERIFIED

Provenance and operational status of feeds powering vShark assessments.

OneNetwork adapter

Enabled: no

Reachable: ok

OneNetwork adapter disabled — vShark running dual-capable local mode

OneNetwork is not connected. Open-Meteo may be LIVE for regional weather/marine context. Shark detections remain labelled MOCK until an authorised feed is connected. Nothing is exchanged with OneNetwork Core.
SourceProviderStatusLast ingestedCoverage
Bureau of Meteorology (investigate)
Weather / ocean observations — access TBD
Australian Bureau of MeteorologyREQUIRES_VERIFICATION——
East-coast humpback migration climatology (E1)
Week-of-year intensity at ~33.8°S from Andrews-Goff et al. 2023 (Movebank E1 tracks)
vShark model (published phenology)MODELLED31 Aug 2026, 8:37 pmSydney Northern Beaches latitude band, not individual whales
Eastern Australian salmon seasonal pulse (climatology)
Monthly bait-school prior for Northern Beaches after Stewart/Hughes / FRDC 2006-018
vShark model (published phenology)MODELLED31 Aug 2026, 8:37 pmNorthern Beaches prior; spawn is further south
GDELT media attention (7-day)
News volume for shark + Northern Beaches
GDELT ProjectUNAVAILABLE1 Sept 2026, 3:07 amQuery-scoped to Sydney / Northern Beaches toponyms
IMOS / AODN (investigate)
Oceanographic / SST — access TBD
IMOS / Australian Ocean Data NetworkREQUIRES_VERIFICATION——
Mock sea-surface temperature
Synthetic SST for Northern Beaches
vShark developmentMOCK11 Aug 2026, 10:18 pmSydney Northern Beaches
Mock shark detections
Synthetic detection events
vShark developmentMOCK11 Aug 2026, 10:18 pm—
Mock swell height
Synthetic swell
vShark developmentMOCK——
NSW Beachwatch recreational water quality
Pollution forecast + latest enterococci lab result (ocean beaches; Narrabeen Lagoon Birdwood Park)
NSW DCCEEW / BeachwatchLIVE3 Sept 2026, 7:30 amMapped Northern Beaches ocean sites. Manly/Curl Curl/Dee Why lagoons unmatched.
NSW SharkSmart (investigate)
Shark activity — legal/technical access TBD
NSW Government / DPIREQUIRES_VERIFICATION——
Open-Meteo weather & marine
Forecast + marine (wave height, SST where available)
Open-MeteoLIVE3 Sept 2026, 1:01 amGlobal; vShark uses Northern Beaches centroid
iNaturalist citizen science (Northern Beaches)
Research-grade sharks, humpback whales, Australian salmon and tailor — last 30 days
iNaturalist / GBIF-compatible CC observationsLIVE1 Sept 2026, 3:07 amNorthern Beaches bounding box; mapped if within 8 km of a vShark location

Humpback season (climatology)

August: index 0.45 / 1

MODELLED from published E1 phenology (Andrews-Goff et al. 2023). Not a live whale sighting. Does not enter the shark-risk score.

Australian salmon pulse (climatology)

August: index 0.80 / 1

MODELLED bait-school prior for Northern Beaches (Stewart/Hughes, FRDC 2006-018). Not a live run. Chlorophyll omitted until IMOS SST is connected.

Media attention (GDELT, 7 days)

25 matching articles

News volume for shark + Sydney/Northern Beaches. Coverage is not presence. Does not enter the score.

Citizen science (iNaturalist, 30 days)

12 licensed research-grade records mapped

CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-NC only. Not official sightings and not a Dorsal/SharkSmart feed.

Mock — synthetic, not a real feedRequires verification — legal/technical access pendingLive — verified and currently ingestingModelled — published climatology, not a live count

Full registry notes live in DATA_SOURCES.md. Candidate government feeds remain REQUIRES_VERIFICATION until legal and programmatic access are confirmed. NSW Beachwatch water quality, when LIVE, is environment context only (CC BY 4.0) and does not enter the shark-risk score. Shark detections remain labelled MOCK until an authorised feed exists. Last Ingested and Coverage columns are part of the fixed schema and populate as real sources come online.