COSPPac Pacific Weekly Access-S Update - Wednesday 02 July 2025

Abstract

Ocean Outlook, fortnight to 18 July: • Sea surface temperature (SST) forecasts more than 0.8°C above-normal are favoured in the following country Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZs): Palau, Guam, southern CNMI, western and southern FSM, PNG, western and southern Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, most of Fiji, south and west Tonga, small patches of south-eastern French Polynesia, Pitcairn Is. and patches on southern Cook Is. SST anomalies above 1.2°C are favoured in north-eastern PNG, most of New Caledonia, central and south-eastern Vanuatu, southern Fiji, south-western Pitcairn Is. and south Tonga. Elsewhere, SSTs are predicted to be near-normal.