Southern Africa

SAOCE

Southern African Ocean Conditions & Extremes

An ocean of change.

Explore sea temperatures, marine heatwaves and cold spells around Southern Africa.

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Move your pointer. Stir the colours.Touch the water. Stir the colours.

Illustrative animation · not data

The pixels stay in place while patches of colour grow, spread and fade across the ocean. These colours are illustrative: they are not observed or forecast temperatures, heatwaves or cold spells.

Patch movement is guided by accelerated NOAA Global Drifter Program annual mean near-surface currents, v3.10, using observations through February 2023. Your pointer briefly stirs the patches; the grid stays fixed.

Current-direction source and processing

Opening the ocean atlas…

Southern African Ocean Conditions & Extremes