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SST (surface)

14°C28°C

Layers & overlays

SST View

LivePro

Stacked Himawari passes — near real-time, window selectable in the Temperature controls

Daily

JAXA daily composite (1d delay)

Monthly

Monthly average (long-term trends)

Pick a day

2026-04-102026-05-102026-05-10

Temperature range

14.0–28.0°C

5°C35°C

Overlays

Chlorophyll (bait)

Bathymetry (depth)

Depth raster + isobaths (paired)

Currents (flow)

Altimetry + eddy contours

Sea-surface height anomaly with isohypses · pinch-zone (zero line ± 5 cm) highlighted in teal · Copernicus DUACS

Salinity (PSU)

Surface salinity · Copernicus PHYS 1/12° (~8 km) · billfish/mahi prefer >35.5 PSU

Subsurface temp (depth slider)

HYCOM-equivalent — pick depth from 0.5 m to 800 m. Same colour-bar as surface SST.

Thermocline gradient

Wall strength (°C/m) · bright = sharp barrier · pair with MLD contours for bust-up zones

MLD contours

Mixed-layer-depth lines labelled in metres

Thermocline depth

Depth of the steepest temperature drop · pelagic ambush band

True color (satellite)

VIIRS daily true-colour photo (NASA GIBS)

Isotherms

Tides (nearest port)

Marine parks

Seabed substrate

AusSeabed sediment classes — sand / reef / rock / mud / gravel / mixed

Wave height

Wind

Water clarity (Kd490)

Vessels (AIS) — commercial

Solunar / moon

Catch heatmap (community)

Map labels

Place names (cities, coast)

Setup

RegionAustralia

New South WalesVictoriaQueenslandSouth AustraliaWestern AustraliaTasmaniaNorthern TerritoryAustralian Capital Territory

Filters vector overlays + state-scoped data sources. Map rasters (SST, chl, etc.) are viewport-driven and ignore region selection.

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