100,000 Eyes on the Water
Make Shark Watch SA a part of your coastal outings!
Welcome to our repository of South Australian shark sightings! This can be an informative place to visit before you hit the surf to gain peace of mind and awareness about local shark activity. If you want to learn more about sharks in South Australia, including their biology and migratory behaviour, check out our regular updates across our social media feeds.
"Alert-Act-Respect"
The Home of SA Shark Activity
We have become a vital asset in shark attack mitigation for the state of South Australia. Shark Watch is an interactive service providing coastal water users with up-to-date information about shark sightings. With more than 100,000 public users in the state of South Australia alone, Shark Watch is the number one domain for local shark activity, with eyes on the water from virtually every corner of the state!
If you're a swimmer, surfer, recreational kayaker, or diver, our updates are ideal for being a part of your prep for the day, thanks to our convenient and widely accessible outlets to share your sightings. We often have regular updates feeding onto our sites in summer when a large number of contributors and aerial patrols are actively looking for sharks and providing a large presence of surveillance in state coastal and offshore waters.
We aim to build on our already impressive network of community expertise for shark spotting and citizen science research projects by collaborating with local marine biologists and other surf-based government agencies, leading to some groundbreaking results in local shark monitoring.
Photograph by Steve Buck.
Mission Statement
Increase public awareness about local shark activity via an integrated online network. Contribute to evidence based mitigation strategies through the identification and ongoing monitoring of shark populations in South Australia leading to a reduction in preventable fatalities attributed to shark attacks.
Vision Statement
To act as the primary hosting service for all known shark sightings in South Australia built upon an integrated ecosystem of online sharing networks. Stand as a collaborative citizen science project mitigating the fear of sharks and encouraging a greater appreciation and respect towards marine fauna from community engagement projects aimed at ethical research and bite mitigation.
Photograph by Felicity Purcell.