Recreational Boating Use Patterns from Australian Boat Ramp Surveys, 2019-2020

Modelled frequency of recreational boating trips per grid cell per year, based on aggregated survey data. Data originates from face-to-face surveys with recreational boaters at 12 locations around Australia conducted across 2019-2020. The dataset is supplied by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling recreational pressure on marine ecosystems based on reported visitation areas and relative time spent.
• Informing marine spatial planning and management based on aggregated boat ramp survey data.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of recreational boating activity based on gridded map indications from surveys.

Strengths

• Data collection involved face-to-face surveys at 12 distinct locations, providing direct user input.
• Surveys captured visitation patterns over a 12-month recall period, offering a yearly activity perspective.
• Temporal coverage is explicitly defined as 2019-2020.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• 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 at boat ramps using gridded maps.

Time Range

2019-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-13 21:10:03.041858; freshness should be verified.

Geography

12 locations around Australia