Australian Beach Safety and Management Database Program (ABSAMP)

Created 25/06/2017

Updated 11/08/2023

The database contains geographical and physical information about all the Australian open coast beaches, as well as some of the larger bays around the coastline. The database is complete for over 11,000 beaches around Australia. The survey data collected includes: number of beaches, beach location, zoning, beach type/rating, roads/town, beach geomorphology, beach morphodynamics, access/facilities, barrier/drainage key, maps and air photos and beach sediment.

Please note: Accessing this data requires login credentials from http://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/main.home

This dataset is not publicly available. It is listed on data.gov.au as an unpublished dataset to improve discovery. Interested data users should contact the data custodian on the details below to discuss terms of access.

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Title Australian Beach Safety and Management Database Program (ABSAMP)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9dbbbb6f-4e20-4ac0-abb7-7bc98709dbda
Contact Point
University of Sydney
a.short@usyd.edu.au
Reference Period 25/06/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        140.0,
        -43.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -43.0
      ],
      [
        150.0,
        -37.5
      ],
      [
        140.0,
        -37.5
      ],
      [
        140.0,
        -43.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Data.gov.au