Which beaches RipCo covers
Rip detection has been developed and tested at Manly Beach. The 26 Sydney beaches below show live conditions from Open-Meteo: wind, swell, air and water temperature. Tide times, patrol hours and hazard warnings are on BeachSafe, linked from the table.
Map of covered beaches
In the app today
Listed north to south. Detection is marked only where it has been developed and tested. Everything else is conditions only.
| Beach | Area | In the app |
|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Whale Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Avalon Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Bilgola Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Newport Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Bungan Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Mona Vale Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Warriewood Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Narrabeen Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Collaroy Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Long Reef Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Dee Why Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Curl Curl Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Freshwater Beach | Northern Beaches | Conditions only |
| Manly Beach | Northern Beaches | Rip detection tested, plus conditions |
| Bondi Beach | Eastern Suburbs | Conditions only |
| Tamarama Beach | Eastern Suburbs | Conditions only |
| Bronte Beach | Eastern Suburbs | Conditions only |
| Clovelly Beach | Eastern Suburbs | Conditions only |
| Coogee Beach | Eastern Suburbs | Conditions only |
| Maroubra Beach | Eastern Suburbs | Conditions only |
| Malabar Beach | Eastern Suburbs | Conditions only |
| Wanda Beach | Sutherland Shire | Conditions only |
| Elouera Beach | Sutherland Shire | Conditions only |
| North Cronulla Beach | Sutherland Shire | Conditions only |
| Cronulla Beach | Sutherland Shire | Conditions only |
What it takes to add a beach
Detection needs a public camera with a clear, steady view of the surf zone, a feed the app is allowed to read, and enough local footage to check the model against that beach. Conditions data is already available for any beach with coordinates, which is why the map has 26 beaches and detection has one.
Rips look different from beach to beach and camera to camera. A model that works at Manly is a starting point for the next beach, and each one has to be tested before the app shows an outline there.