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Marine investigation:

Surface water temperatures

at Seal Rocks (Statis Island), NSW, Australia

Daily changes in surface water temperature

at Seal Rocks since 2015

​(Note that these surface water temperatures, focused on late-afternoon--early-evening,

are extracted from water temperature maps available in the Ocean Current - IMOS website.

The source maps are derived from satellite data.)

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Coldest winter--early-spring temperatures recorded so far

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Broader view of surface water temperature at Seal Rocks

during the coldest-water months (July-Sept.)    .....data since 1992!

​These surface water temperatures, focused on late-afternoon--early-evening,

were extracted digitally from water temperature satellite data available from the Ocean Current - IMOS website.

Dr Robbie Bishop-Taylor undertook the extraction and produced summary statistics.

Colder-water months summary across years

2018 had by far the lowest temperatures in the coldest-water months since records began!! A period of 25 years!!!

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