Photo: Auckland Council
Aucklanders can now check out conditions at the beach before they even leave the house thanks to a new online tool.
The Coastal Monitoring Portal captures a heap of information from wave buoys, tidal gauges and weather forecasts - as well as real-time video, drone and GPS data.
It can let users know what's happening with tides, waves, water temperature - even how far the sand dunes have moved.
So far eight North Shore beaches have real-time imagery captured and one is planned for Onetangi.
The data collected is also valuable for those seeking to understand the impact climate change may be having on our coastlines.
Auckland Council Senior Scientist Dr Megan Tuck joins Kathryn.
For beach safety information you can go to Safe Swim.
