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TC Alfred’s imprint in the deep ocean

Gabriela S. Pilo

31 March, 2025

Tropical Cyclone (TC) Alfred hit the central-east coast of Australia on the 8th of March, after generating on the 20th of February and moving south-eastward in the Coral Sea, parallel to the coast....

Marine Heatwave off WA

Gabriela S Pilo & David Griffin

30 January, 2025

The ocean off Western Australia is extremely hot right now (Figure 1). The monthly sea surface temperature (SST) off Australia’s northwest was up to 2.5°C above the long-term mean over the past few...

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...