Recreational Boating Use Patterns in Australia, 2019-2020 Survey Data

Aggregated survey data from 12 Australian boat ramps across 2019-2020 models the frequency of recreational boating trips. The Australian Ocean Data Network supplies this data as modelled trip frequencies per grid cell per year. Boaters indicated visited areas and relative time spent on gridded maps during face-to-face interviews.

Use Cases

• Modeling spatial pressure on marine environments based on reported boater visitation patterns.
• Informing marine park zoning and management based on indicative recreational use levels.
• Benchmarking socio-economic activity in coastal regions based on boat ramp survey data.

Strengths

• Data is based on face-to-face surveys conducted at 12 specific locations.
• Surveys captured detailed spatial use patterns over a 12-month recall period for each respondent.
• The temporal coverage spans the years 2019-2020.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific survey locations and period.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Face-to-face surveys with recreational boaters using gridded maps at boat ramps.

Time Range

2019-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 02:49:26.490704; freshness should be verified.

Geography

12 locations around Australia