With ex-TC Vaianu to track toward New Zealand and set to impact much of the North Island this Sunday, a familiar question resurfaces, are we truly prepared for the growing threat of these events? Following significant storms like ex-tropical cyclone Gabrielle in 2023, concerns are mounting about whether we fully understand the risks posed by increasingly frequent and intense ex-tropical cyclones.  

With new exploration and prospecting applications under assessment in the Taranaki and Canterbury basins MetOcean Solutions / MetServices integrated national capability has become a critical component of New Zealand’s offshore engineering landscape .

Metocean Solutions is marking more than 20 years of supporting the maritime industries in Taranaki – from helping port and offshore operations, green-field investigations and development and through the entire decommissioning lifecycle.

Our Project Consultancy Team spent last week in Sydney for a focused MetOcean consultancy workshop, exploring our commercial services and the latest developments in technical modelling.

For coastal asset owners, government agencies responsible for public safety and shoreline management, insurance providers, and coastal engineers designing maritime and coastal structures, accurately understanding extreme events is critical. How can we help you turn data into insight?

MetOcean Solutions / MetService have developed a fully coupled wave and hydrodynamic model covering the entire New Zealand coastline, providing high-resolution data for coastal and nearshore regions nationwide. 

The Consultancy Team from the Research and Innovation Hub recently attended the Australian Coast and Ports Conference 2025 at the end of August. Here’s a summary of our presentations.

Weathermap begins using Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models for day 1 and 2 weather descriptions

“Together, we can ensure that Aotearoa’s oceans remain among the best monitored in the world”. A new charitable trust is taking over the sensor network that is crucial to how Aotearoa monitors, understands, and responds to our changing oceans.

This week, the MetService Research & Innovation Science Team will present at the Australasian Coast & Ports 2025 Conference in Adelaide, Australia. The event is organized by Engineers Australia's National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, PIANC Australia and New Zealand, Engineering New Zealand, and the New Zealand Coastal Society. The event runs from the 18th-21st August.

Climate change isn’t just a summer story. It’s unfolding year-round, above and below the surface.

Aotahi and MetOcean Solutions /MetService showcase Rangatahi Career Pathways for students from Waitomo District, New Zealand.

MetOcean Solutions /MetService are working with Meridian Energy to explore development of a Southern Green Hydrogen facility in the bluff region in Southland, New Zealand.

Photo credit: RNZ

MetOcean Solutions expert physical oceanographers and MetService marine forecasters  are working closely with incident responders at Maritime New Zealand to provide improved emergency response services that have benefited recent maritime incidents, including the recent grounding of the Manahau Barge on Carters Beach, Westport.  

MetOcean Solutions commissioned to undertake a wave study to support the Surfing France team in preparation for the Olympic games.

Bathymetric Data Wrangling - Mapping the Seafloor - plumbing the depths and shapes of underwater terrain

A switch from El Niño to the predicted La Niña conditions would suggest that more - and probably stronger - marine heatwaves are to be expected later this year and through summer.

High Resolution Data Allows Officials To Model Any Impact Of Interislander Ferry Aratere To The Malbororough Sounds Maritime Environment