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Surface Currents and Temperature

Up to date ocean information around Australia.

OceanCurrent News

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...