IMOS OceanCurrent

Surface Currents and Temperature

Up to date ocean information around Australia.

OceanCurrent News

Sydney to Hobart outlook

David Griffin

20 December, 2024

It is an upside-down year, with unusually strong currents off Tasmania and unusually weak currents off NSW. This is because the East Australian Current is about 250km off Sydney, skirting around a cold-core...

Rogue waves battering Southern Australia

Salman Khan, Marites Canto, and Cagil Kirezci

17 September, 2024

The couple of weeks of transition from Aug to Sep 2024 have seen relentless westerlies in Southern Australia causing widespread disruption and damage in Tasmania and Victoria.    They have also produced...

Is wide swath altimetry useful for coastal applications?

David Griffin

28 August, 2024

For people interested in using the new, experimental wide-swath altimeter SWOT for coastal applications: we've expanded on our 1 March 2024 assessment of this new instrument, bringing in Australia's tide...