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Recent and historical sea temperature analysis
Plots of sea surface temperature (SST) analyses at daily, weekly, and monthly intervals, surrounding Australia, near-by oceanic regions, and the globe are available from the Bureau of Meteorology.
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ChargesOceanMAPS model forecasts
The Bureau delivers ocean forecasts created under the BLUElink project. The forecast model, OceanMAPS (Ocean Modelling, Analysis, and Prediction System, version 2.0), produces information on recent ocean conditions and forecasts out to seven days in advance for the Australian region.
Details: OceanMAPS metadata.
- Maps of recent ocean conditions and forecasts for
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Sea surface temperature
Sea surface salinity
Sea level anomaly
Sea surface temperature and currents
Sea level anomaly and currents
For real-time access: webreg@bom.gov.au
For archived data and further information, please send a request.
Great Barrier Reef forecast sea surface temperatures
The Bureau's seasonal prediction model POAMA (Predictive Ocean Atmosphere Model for Australia) produces forecasts of sea surface temperature anomalies for the Great Barrier Reef for the upcoming six months. See: Coral bleaching forecasts.
Details: About coral bleaching forecasts, about POAMA
For information: poama@bom.gov.au
AUSWAVE wave forecasts
The Bureau produces operational wave forecasts for Australia and the global domain using the AUSWAVE model. Recent wave forecasts are available for a range of elements out to seven days.
Details: AUSWAVE metadata page.
- Maps of recent wave condtions and forecasts
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Primary and secondary swell height and direction
Peak wave period
Wind wave height and direction
Significant wind wave height and direction
For real-time data access: webreg@bom.gov.au
For archived data and further information, please send a request.
Hourly thirty-year wave high resolution analysis
The Bureau, in collaboration with CSIRO, has produced a high-resolution wave hindcast covering a thirty-year period. The hindcast was created using the WAVEWATCH III™ model forced with Climate Forecast System Reanalysis surface winds. The hindcast produces hourly, two-dimensional gridded outputs for a variety of wave parameters and wave related parameters including:
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Significant wave height
Peak period
Mean period
Partitioned wave details
Stresses
Stokes drift
Energy density spectrum
The dataset is available as gridded datasets or text format for point based data sets.
For data and further information, please send a request.
Australian Wave Model
Prior to AUSWAVE wave forecasts, the Bureau produced gridded wave forecasts using the Australian Wave Model (WAM). Forecasts using this model are available for the period 2003–2009, covering a range of ocean and wave conditions, at twice-daily timesteps.
Details: WAM metadata page.
For archived data and further information, please send a request.
Tide predictions
The Bureau, through the National Tidal Unit, generates a range of tidal information products for Australia, offshore and Pacific sites, and Antarctica. These products include information on past tidal conditions, tidal predictions up to two years into the future, and archived predictions to the beginning of the previous calendar year.
Details: About the National Tidal Unit.
For data or information: tides@bom.gov.au