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Sydney to Hobart outlook

David Griffin

22 December, 2025

The positioning of ocean eddies this year is quite similar to last year. More specifically,   1. The main core of the East Australian Current will not affect the first stage of the race because it...

FishSOOP: taking the temperature of the coastal ocean, from fishing vessels

David Griffin & Gabriela S. Pilo

17 December, 2025

Just in time for Christmas, we have a valuable addition to our menu of ocean observations - FishSOOP. Run by Moninya Roughan's team at UNSW, FishSOOP serves up temperature profiles in near-real time,...

Adjusting the lenses in the ocean

Gabriela S. Pilo

3 October, 2025

Whenever we see data from a SWOT pass over our usual maps of sea surface height (SSH), we feel like we are adjusting our lenses to have a clearer view of the ocean. Our traditional SSH maps, built by...