Claire Spillman1, Ron Hoeke2, Claire Trenham2, Grant Smith1, Vanessa Hernaman2, Ryan Holmes3, Oceane Richet3, Isabela de Souza3, Bryan Hally2, Julian O’Grady2, Ben Hague1, Paul Bierman3, Emilio Echevarria2, Xuebin Zhang2, Alberto Meucci4 and others 1 Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, VIC, Australia....

Grant Smith*1, Claire Spillman1, Alistair Hobday2, Jason Hartog2 1Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia. 2CSIRO Environment, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia. * Correspondence: Grant Smith grant.smith@bom.gov.au Above average ocean temperatures leading to marine heatwaves have implications for many marine ecosystems...

Michael Mitchell – Elysium EPL Australia’s maritime domain is vast, complex, and central to our national prosperity and security. Yet our traditional, crewed approaches to ocean observation — fixed gauges, ship-based campaigns, and isolated systems — cannot deliver the persistence...

Salman (co-chair on behalf of the WG) The Surface Waves Working Group brings together expert practitioners from the four pillars of FOO, representing a diverse range of public and private institutions across Australia. Formed following the inaugural FOO meeting in...

Presenter: Dr David Wright On 14 June 2024, a collision between the drifting dredge vessel Vox Maxima and the stationary bunker vessel Marine Honour caused a rupture of the latter vessel’s oil cargo tanks, with a subsequent loss of around...

Karen Palmer1, Ben Galton-Fenzi2*, Christopher Watson1, and John French2 *Corresponding author: Ben.Galton-Fenzi@aad.gov.au 1 University of Tasmania, 2 Australian Antarctic Division Sea level measurements in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica play a crucial role across operations, science, and policy-making. For decades,...

Presenter: Dr Mark Doubell (SARDI) Since March 2025 South Australia has experienced a harmful algal bloom (HAB) of unprecedented size, duration and impact. The SARDI Oceanography Subprogram has actively been involved in the cross-government HAB response by supporting sampling to...