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Coastal currents estimated from tide gauges

David Griffin, Madeleine Cahill, and Gabriela S. Pilo

19 March, 2026

The main purpose of tide gauges is, of course, to measure sea level at the coast, for which there are many good reasons. Less well known is that gradients of sea level are also informative, just like...

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,...