Data

15 OF 21 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.

Source	Provider	Status	Last ingested	Coverage
Bureau of Meteorology (investigate) Weather / ocean observations — access TBD	Australian Bureau of Meteorology	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	—
Copernicus SST (investigate) Satellite SST / anomaly	Copernicus Marine Service	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	Global; WA subset
Curated public shark notices (WA) Manually recorded SharkSmart / police / media notices	vShark (from public notices)	CACHED	18 Sept 2026, 10:41 pm	Western Australia (Joondalup / Sorrento first)
DPIRD shark activity (investigate) Shark incident investigation notices; tagged-animal information where published	WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	Western Australia
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)	MODELLED	18 Sept 2026, 10:30 pm	Sydney 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)	MODELLED	18 Sept 2026, 10:30 pm	Northern Beaches prior; spawn is further south
GDELT media attention (7-day) News volume for shark + Northern Beaches	GDELT Project	UNAVAILABLE	19 Sept 2026, 5:34 pm	—
Geoscience Australia bathymetry (investigate) Coastal bathymetry / AusBathyTopo products	Geoscience Australia	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	Australian waters
IMOS / AODN (investigate) Oceanographic / SST — access TBD	IMOS / Australian Ocean Data Network	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	—
IMOS / AODN WA oceanography (investigate) SST, currents, moorings — access TBD	IMOS / Australian Ocean Data Network	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	Australian EEZ including WA
Mock sea-surface temperature Synthetic SST for Northern Beaches	vShark development	MOCK	18 Sept 2026, 10:26 pm	Sydney Northern Beaches
Mock shark detections Synthetic detection events	vShark development	MOCK	18 Sept 2026, 10:26 pm	—
Mock swell height Synthetic swell	vShark development	MOCK	—	—
NSW Beachwatch recreational water quality Pollution forecast + latest enterococci lab result (ocean beaches; Narrabeen Lagoon Birdwood Park)	NSW DCCEEW / Beachwatch	LIVE	19 Sept 2026, 9:28 pm	Mapped Northern Beaches ocean sites. Manly/Curl Curl/Dee Why lagoons unmatched.
NSW SharkSmart (investigate) Shark activity — legal/technical access TBD	NSW Government / DPI	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	—
Open-Meteo weather & marine Forecast + marine (wave height, SST where available)	Open-Meteo	LIVE	19 Sept 2026, 9:19 pm	Global; vShark uses Northern Beaches + WA regional centroids (not beach-specific)
Shark monitoring / acoustic receivers (investigate) Acoustic receiver locations and detections	Research / DPIRD networks (identity TBD)	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	WA coastal arrays where installed
SharkSmart WA (investigate) Public shark activity, warnings and incident notices	WA DPIRD	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	Western Australia
Surf Life Saving WA (investigate) Patrol, siren and public warning information	Surf Life Saving WA	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	Western Australia patrolled beaches
WA local-government beach closures (investigate) Beach closure and ranger directions	Coastal local governments	REQUIRES_VERIFICATION	—	WA local government areas
iNaturalist citizen science (Northern Beaches) Research-grade sharks, humpback whales, Australian salmon and tailor — last 30 days	iNaturalist / GBIF-compatible CC observations	LIVE	19 Sept 2026, 5:34 pm	Northern Beaches bounding box; mapped if within 8 km of a vShark location

Humpback season (climatology)

September: index 0.75 / 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)

September: index 0.70 / 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)

0 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.

Diamond Python · shark · bilgola
Diamond Python · shark · bilgola
Bump-head Mola · prey · fairy-bower
Bump-head Mola · prey · fairy-bower
Bump-head Mola · prey · fairy-bower
Bump-head Mola · prey · fairy-bower

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.