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Get ready for summer with SwellMap!
To help people understand the risks associated with beaches and coastal areas around New Zealand, we've released Ocean Fishing and Shoreline hazard forecasts for Rips, Rock fishing and Stand Up paddleboarding.
MetOcean Solutions at the Joint EuroSea and OceanPredict Workshop 2022
This week, MetOcean Solutions’ team is presenting at the Joint EuroSea and OceanPredict workshop on Ocean Prediction and Observing System Design. Running from 29 June to 1 July, the workshop aims to support connecting, exploring, and advancing observation and ocean prediction efforts in a global context.
Fishing for temperature
The Mangōpare sensor was used on recreational fishing gear and on a science research voyage for the first time as part of the Blue Cradle inagural expedition in late June.
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MetOcean Solutions oceanographers are passionate about their work, and live and breathe being on or in the water. So much so, they often undertake scientific research in their own time.
Operational High Resolution Hydrodynamic Forecast Model for Cook Strait
MetOcean Solutions has recently operationalised a high-resolution hydrodynamic forecast model for the wider Cook Strait region and Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
New Moana Project forecast predicts marine heatwave in the Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands (Rēkohu) are expecting a strong marine heatwave this weekend as forecast by the Moana Project’s new marine heatwave forecasting tool.
NZ’s first marine heatwave forecast live
Seven day forecast of sea surface temperatures set up to predict marine heatwaves.
As climate change affects our oceans, marine heatwaves are likely to become more common and intense in New Zealand waters.