Gascoyne
Western Australia · Esperance → Gnaraloo corridor · Gascoyne is not interchangeable with other WA regions.
Species-weight hypothesis
Subtropical / tropical western hypothesis: tiger and other warm-water species are expected to weigh more than on the south coast. Hypothesis to be tested — not a claim of current dominance.
Hypothesis overlay on model 0.1.0-dev — not a validated biological fact.
Open-Meteo (marine + weather). Conditions are environmental context for the risk model, not a swim safety certificate. Open-Meteo is a regional centroid, not a beach sensor. Open-Meteo
Data coverage
Where vShark knows little is as important as where it knows more. Missing coverage does not mean low risk.
- Shark observation coverageNONE
SharkSmart WA / DPIRD detections are not machine-connected. No live tagged detections in vShark.
- Ocean coverageMODERATE
Open-Meteo marine SST and wave height at a regional centroid — not a beach sensor.
- Weather coverageMODERATE
Open-Meteo forecast weather at a regional centroid.
- Ecology coverageLOW
No live prey, whale, seal or productivity feed. Seasonal notes are hypotheses or climatology.
- Human exposure coverageLOW
Estimated from popularity class, weekday/weekend and swell. Not a head-count.
- Sensor coverageNONE
No acoustic, camera, drone or eDNA adapters connected.
- Historical coverageLOW
Incident reconstructions are added as frozen validation cases, not a complete history.
Other WA regions: South Coast · South West · Geographe / Peel · Perth Metro · Mid West