Trust should be inspectable

Source status

See which official feeds answered, when the structured rules were checked and where to verify the original.

Scheduled monitor runs
Official conditions snapshot

What the official feeds say now

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Hard signal · official warning

Cork and adjacent sea areas

Open Met Éireann
Sources and feed health

    Conditions describe representative stations and sea areas. They do not make a location safe.

    Product capability registry

    What the guide can—and cannot—do

    Fail closed by default
    Live with fail-closed warning gate

    Official conditions brief

    Independent weather, marine, tide and buoy sources report their own health. Forecast copy is withheld when the warning feed cannot be confirmed.

    Not claimed

    Mark-level point forecast

    The application does not substitute a general forecast for an unavailable official point forecast.

    Next gate: A licensed, documented provider with reliable Cork coverage and freshness metadata.
    Only while the page is running

    Condition threshold notifications

    Private rules are evaluated when the threshold page is open or manually refreshed. They are not emergency or background alerts.

    Next gate: Explicit opt-in, privacy review, delivery provider, expiry controls and monitoring before any server push.
    Available on this device

    Offline guide and trip packs

    Editorial pages, saved plans, logbook, coordinates and the accessible location list can remain available after installation.

    Disabled by licence gate

    Offline basemap tiles

    Public OpenStreetMap tiles are not bulk-cached. Offline packs do not claim to contain a navigable basemap.

    Next gate: A licensed or self-hosted tile package, bounded download design and storage budget.
    Infrastructure staged; public feature off

    Hosted community catch reports

    EU databases, private media stores and queues are provisioned, but accounts, publication and discovery remain disabled.

    Next gate: Identity production keys, approved terms/privacy/moderation policy, named operational owners and release exercises.

    Offline basemap runtime state: disabled. A provider, style URL and explicit licence approval are all required before offline basemap downloads can be offered.

    Trip-planning evidence

    Timeline and map layers

    Checked 15 July 2026
    Live prediction

    Marine Institute tides

    Five-minute predictions are reduced to an honest hourly timeline, with the named reference station, distance and LAT datum visible.

    Prediction dataset
    Live context

    EPA bathing water

    Mapped Cork beaches can show the published annual classification and current restriction alert. This is never treated as a fishing-safety verdict.

    EPA open-data API
    Provisional observation

    OPW inland levels

    Four explicitly mapped waters show the named gauge, distance, current station-relative level and short trend. Values are never compared across stations. Contains Irish Public Sector Information licensed under CC BY 4.0; source: waterlevel.ie, provided by the Office of Public Works.

    OPW API and licence
    Optional layer

    INFOMAR bathymetry

    The map can request a viewport image from the official survey service. Coverage varies and the layer is explicitly not a navigation chart.

    INFOMAR image service
    Not integrated

    Point weather forecast

    No unofficial substitute is used while the published Met Éireann point-forecast service remains unavailable to the application.

    Met Éireann dataset record
    Local review

    Field evidence workflow

    Exported field checks can be compared with current coordinates and sources. Decisions remain review candidates and never change public pins automatically.

    Open review workspace
    Structured legal guidance

    Rule lifecycle and sources

    Latest review 2026-07-14
    Source conflict

    Bass Fishing Regulations

    In 2026, bass must be released during February and March and retained fish must be at least 42 cm. The EU ceiling is three fish per day, while IFI's currently published Irish page still states two; follow the stricter two-fish limit unless IFI publishes a clear update.

    Lifecycle and official sources
    Current · local check required

    No rod licence for sea angling

    Recreational sea angling from the shore or a boat does not require a state rod licence in Ireland. Salmon and sea trout are the exception and need a licence.

    Lifecycle and official sources
    Current

    Pollack Fishing Conservation Rules (2026)

    From 1 June 2026, a recreational angler may retain no more than three pollack per day in Irish waters. Further pollack must be released.

    Lifecycle and official sources
    Current · local check required

    Salmon and Sea Trout Angling Regulations

    Fishing for Atlantic salmon and sea trout in Ireland requires a State rod licence and logbook. Retained fish must be tagged where harvest is permitted, and annual river-specific rules apply. Always verify with IFI before fishing.

    Lifecycle and official sources
    Current · local check required

    Sea Trout and Salmon Licence

    Fishing for sea trout and Atlantic salmon requires a State rod licence in Ireland. River seasons vary: most close by 30 September and only some remain open for sea trout through 12 October.

    Lifecycle and official sources
    Operational safeguards

    How failure is handled

    Independent feeds

    One upstream failure does not remove healthy observations from other sources.

    Warning gate

    Forecast wording is withheld if the current warning feed cannot be confirmed.

    Scheduled checks

    GitHub monitoring validates the production endpoint and key planning pages every hour.