Shark control equipment is across the Queensland coastline to catch sharks passing through an area.
Equipment map
Shark control equipment is located across the Queensland coastline to catch sharks passing through an area.
The map shows the locations of:
- drumlines
- shark nets
- catch alert drumlines
- drones
- research receivers.
Exclusion zones
The Fisheries Act 1994 establishes an exclusion zone of 20 metres around shark control equipment.
It is an offence for you to be in the shark control equipment exclusion zone unless authorised and penalties may apply. The offence does not apply to boats transiting directly through the exclusion zone without stopping.
Locations
See the list of beaches with shark control equipment across Queensland.
You can also download the equipment locations and coordinates.
Bundaberg and Woongarra Coast
- Bargara
- Kellys Beach
- Neilson Park
- Oaks Beach
Cairns
- Buchan Point Beach
- Clifton Cairns Beach
- Ellis Beach
- Holloways Beach
- Palm Cove Beach
- Trinity Beach
- Yorkeys Knob
Capricorn Coast
- Cooee Bay
- Emu Park
- Farnborough Beach
- Fishermans Beach
- Kemp Beach
- Lammermoor Beach
- Mulambin Beach
- Tanby Point
- Yeppoon Beach
Gladstone
- Tannum Sands
Gold Coast
- Bilinga Beach
- Broadbeach
- Burleigh Beach
- Coolangatta Beach
- Currumbin Beach
- Elkhorn Avenue
- Greenmount Beach
- Kirra Beach
- Kurrawa Beach
- Main Beach
- Mermaid Beach
- Miami Beach
- Narrow Neck
- Nobby Beach
- North Burleigh Beach
- Northcliffe Beach
- North Kirra Beach
- Palm Beach
- Rainbow Bay
- Sheraton Mirage Beach
- Staghorn Avenue Beach
- Surfers Paradise Beach
- Tallebudgera Beach
- Tugun Beach
Mackay
- Blacks Beach
- Bucasia Beach
- Eimeo Beach
- Harbour Beach
- Lamberts Beach
- South Lamberts Beach
North Stradbroke Island
- Amity Point
- Cylinder Beach
- Flinders Beach
- Ocean Beach
Rainbow Beach
- Rainbow Beach
Sunshine Coast
- Alexandra Headland
- Bribie Island
- Buddina Beach
- Caloundra
- Castaways Beach
- Coolum Beach
- Currimundi
- Glen Eden Beach
- Hyatt Regency Resort
- Marcoola Beach
- Marcus Beach
- Maroochydore Beach
- Moffat Beach
- Mooloolaba Beach
- Mudjimba Beach
- Noosa
- Peregian Beach
- Point Cartwright
- Sunrise Beach
- Sunshine Beach
- Surfair Resort
- Twin Waters Resort
- Wurtulla
- Yaroomba Beach
Townsville and Magnetic Island
- Alma Bay
- Florence Bay
- Horseshoe Bay
- Nelly Bay
- Pallarenda Beach
- Picnic Bay
- The Strand (Kissing Point)
- Radical Bay
Last updated: 28 May 2026