Dataset

Australian Beach Safety and Management Database Program (ABSAMP)

The database contains geographical and physical information about all the Australian open coast beaches, as well as some of the larger bays around the coastline. The database is complete for over 11,000 beaches around Australia. The survey data collected includes: number of beaches, beach location, zoning, beach type/rating, roads/town, beach geomorphology, beach morphodynamics, access/facilities, barrier/drainage key, maps and air photos and beach sediment. Sediment samples (~4000) of both beach and dune sands were also collected during the development of the database. This data resides with Geoscience Australia in Canberra.

Data and Resources

XLS

ABSMP_data20a.xls
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ABSAMP database access and usage information
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Access to the ABSAMP database via SurfGuard (requires registration)
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Unnamed resource
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Additional Information

Field	Value
Published (Metadata Record)	03/03/2026
Last updated	04/03/2026
Organisation	Australian Federal Government
License	License Not Specified
Update Frequency	Unknown