DECKEE partners with Ripper Corp to give Australian waterway and rescue agencies the most complete view of recreational boating activity yet
Australian waterway management and marine rescue agencies will gain a clearer understanding of how their waterways are used following a partnership announced today between marine safety and intelligence platform DECKEE and aerial operations specialist Ripper Corp.
The partnership will integrate Ripper Corp's advanced drone capability into the DECKEE Operations Platform, which is currently used by numerous state maritime authorities across the country.
DECKEE provides real-time data to inform planning, infrastructure management, safety education, and on-water operations. For the first time, DECKEE's anonymised recreational behavioural data and third-party location datasets can be combined with aerial observation in the one platform, replacing fragmented reporting with a single integrated evidence base of activity, behaviour, and risk.
Australian waterway agencies and marine consultants will be able to:
See what is happening on the water in real time on the days that matter most, from long weekends to major boating events.
Understand the full recreational fleet, including small craft, hire boats, and paddle craft that traditional data collection methods often miss.
Draw on the knowledge, expertise and experience of Ripper Corp's Little Ripper Lifesaver fleet, Sharkspotter AI, which famously performed the world’s first surf rescue, to enable faster situational awareness, search and rescue alongside real-time recreational activity data.
Brief ministers and stakeholders using a defensible, integrated evidence base on activity patterns, emerging risks, and asset utilisation across their jurisdiction.
"Waterway agencies are responsible for the safety of waterways used by millions of people, yet they have limited insight into how they are used,” said Mike McKiernan, Founder and CEO of DECKEE. “We've spent years building the platform that gives them that insight, bringing together anonymised, aggregated recreational behavioural data at a scale no other source has and layering in additional inputs that deepen their understanding. Ripper Corp's aerial capability is a natural next step."
Jason Young, Chief Executive Officer of Ripper Corp, said: "Ripper Corp has invested more than a decade supporting Australian agencies and emergency services with aerial intelligence. DECKEE has built the recreational data foundation and the highest agency trust in this country. Partnering with them puts our work where it can have the greatest impact, in service of safer, better-managed waterways for every Australian who uses them."
Government agencies interested in the integrated DECKEE and Ripper Corp service can contact the DECKEE team at deckee.com/government.
