Shark advice issued as watch system goes down

Thursday, 31 May 2018 11:00

By Taylah Strano

A shark Advice has been issued for Western Australian water users due to a temporary outage of the shark notification system.

Surf Life Saving WA have issued the advice due to a Sharkwatch system outage, affecting the notification of tagged shark detections.

The Shark Monitoring Network is currently offline and the outage affects all shark monitoring receivers in Perth metro, South West, Albany and Esperance.

The sightings element of the notification system remains fully operational, so water users can still and are urged to call any shark sightings into Water Police and they will be posted as usual.

A shark ADVICE has been issued due to a temporary outage of the shark notification system, affecting tagged shark detections. See more: https://t.co/EaaPWjvpaQ
— Surf Life Saving WA (@SLSWA) May 31, 2018

Beachgoers are advised to adhere to any beach closures advised by Local Government Rangers or Surf Life Saving WA.

If you see a shark, report it to Water Police on 9442 8600.

The relevant authorities that receive Shark Notification System alerts to assist them in responses have been notified of the outage.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is working with the satellite service provider, to restore the system to full operational status as soon as possible.

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