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A tour of the app

Six screens. Six decisions made simpler.

Every screen designed to answer one question quickly. No detail without a source. No claim without a confidence.

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Beaches
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Northern Beaches

14 monitored · Updated 2m ago
7:53pm
21°
Your BeachesSee all
39
Long Reef
Warning · Big swell
47
Dee Why
Caution · Patrolled
Today's Conditions
Water
21°
Air
18.2°
Wind
6 km/h NE
Swell
1.5 m · 11s
Home
Map
Alerts
You
01 · Home

Your beaches first

Saved beaches and today's conditions in a single glance.

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Live · Sydney
Search beach
Safe
Caution
Warning

Manly Beach

Northern Beaches · 21.8°C water
58
Caution
14 KN NE1.8M · 10S● PATROLLED
02 · Map

The whole coast

Pan, zoom, tap. Every monitored beach with live status.

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Warning

Bondi Beach

EASTERN SUBURBS · −33.891, 151.277
Safety Score
High rip riskStrong NE wind · 2.3m swell
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RipHigh
PatrolActive
Wind19 kn
Swell2.3 m
Water22.1°
UV9 high
View Live Cam
03 · Beach detail

Why the score is what it is

Every factor visible, every source named.

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RIP · 96%
RIP · 71%
Live · Bondi
CAM 03 · 6FPS
AI Rip Detection
2 zones · 94% avg

Two rip currents detected

Strong rip channel at the southern end and a weaker secondary current near the rocks. Avoid both. Stay between the flags.

04 · Detect

Rips, on camera, in real-time

Vision model overlays risk zones with confidence numbers.

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Alerts

3 active · 12 today

All
Hazards
Patrols
Closures

Beach closed · Bronte

Shark sighting reported by SLSNSW. Beach closed until further notice.

SLSNSW · Verified4 min ago

Strong NE swell warning

2.4m+ swell expected at all eastern beaches through evening.

BOM · Marine22 min ago

Patrol on duty · Manly

Lifeguards on duty 6am–7pm. Flags currently between South and North Steyne.

SLSNSW1 hr ago

Sun set in 38 min · UV 9 high

Strong UV until 7:53pm. Last patrolled time 6:30pm at Maroubra.

BOMnow
05 · Alerts

Hazards as they happen

Verified, sourced, never spammy.

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Sarah Marsden

SYDNEY · MEMBER SINCE 2025

42
Days swum
6
Saved beaches
11
Hazards seen
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06 · You

Yours, by default

No account required. No tracking. Anonymous.

Requirements

What you'll need.

iPhone

iPhone 8 or later. iOS 16.0 or later. iPadOS support coming Q1 2026.

Internet

Cellular or WiFi. Live cam feeds use ~2 MB/min. Conditions sync uses very little.

Location (optional)

Permission asked once for "nearest beach". Used only on-device. Never sent to a server.

Notifications

Optional. Turn on for hazard alerts at your saved beaches. Always opt-in.

What's new

Release notes.

A short, plain-English changelog. We update RipCo on a weekly cadence.

v1.4, Manly

Released · 4 days ago
+ Added~ Improved
  • Live HLS stream support across all 21 monitored beaches.
  • Rip detection model retrained on 2,400 hours of new winter footage, confidence up 6%.
  • iOS 18 widget for "next-best beach" on your home screen.

v1.3, Bondi

3 weeks ago
+ Added! Fixed
  • Coverage expanded to 6 Eastern Suburbs beaches.
  • UV index, sun-set countdown, and tide schedule added to every beach detail screen.
  • Fixed map pin positioning bug for users on iPhone Mini.

v1.2, Newport

5 weeks ago
~ Improved! Fixed
  • Push notifications for verified hazards within 5 km of your saved beaches.
  • Faster app launch (–340 ms) thanks to a quieter splash sequence.
  • Fixed a layout glitch on the alerts screen for beaches with long names.

v1.0, Manly debut

Q3 2025
+ Initial
  • Launched with 14 Northern Beaches and the first version of the rip detection model.
  • Day-one features: live cams, safety scores, conditions, alerts, no account required.
FAQ

Common questions.

Yes. Free on the App Store. No paid tier, no in-app purchases, no ads. We're funded for the next 24 months by an Australian sports-tech grant and partner contributions.
No. The whole app works without an account. Sign-in is only required if you want to sync saved beaches across devices, and even then it's email-only, we don't ask for a phone number, name, or anything we don't need.
Q4 2026. We're a small team (4 people) and the iOS version had to come first. The Android version is in active development and we'll post the open beta link from this page when it's available.
On our held-out validation set (Australian footage, all four seasons), the model averages 94% confidence on confirmed rips. We never display a detection below 70% confidence as a confirmed rip, instead we show it as "possible". The model gets retrained roughly every 6 weeks on new labelled footage.
Absolutely not. RipCo is a planning and decision-support tool. The rule is unchanged: always swim between the red and yellow flags, on a patrolled beach, and listen to the lifeguards on duty. RipCo helps you choose which patrolled beach to drive to.
Almost none. No personal data is stored on our servers without a sign-in. Anonymous usage statistics (page views, error reports) are collected with privacy-first analytics. We have never sold data and would have to wind the company down before doing so. Full details on our privacy page.
Yes, email hello@ripco.app. New beaches need (1) a public live camera feed and (2) a partnership with the local surf club or council. We're prioritising eastern-seaboard expansion through 2026.
Live camera streams: 6fps. AI inference: every 4 seconds. BoM weather and swell: every 10 minutes. SLSNSW patrol status: every 30 minutes (hand-published by them). Hazard alerts: pushed within seconds of verification.
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