African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) (17)
Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) (4)
Anchovy Recruitment Survey (7)
Bio-optical Investigation of Phytoplankton (15)
Conservation Physiology Programme (104)
Gliders in the Agulhas (GINA) (4)
Gough Island Relief (23)
Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) (1)
Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP: SB) (100)
International Indian Ocean Expedition 2 (IIOE2) (10)
Long-term monitoring of nearshore temperatures around Southern Africa (590)
Marion Island Relief Voyage (57)
National Coastal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (5)
Port St Johns CTD and Bathymetry Survey (1)
Shelf Circulation Patterns off Port Edward (40)
South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) (32)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC-SA) (223)
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) (16)
South Coast Moorings and Monitoring Lines Cruise (23)
Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx) (11)
Underwater Temperature Recorder Mooring Network (2)
Walters Shoal (4)
Weather stations (7)
West Coast Cetacean Distribution and Abundance Survey (15)
West Coast Physical Oceanography (10)
Winter Cruise (7)
ANTARCTICA (23)
GOUGH ISLAND (23)
INDIAN OCEAN (673)
SOUTH AFRICA (9)
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN (738)
SOUTHERN OCEAN (22)
ADCP (207)
AWS (12)
CO2 ANALYZERS (2)
CTD (197)
DVS (4)
ECHO SOUNDERS (3)
NISKIN BOTTLES (17)
PIES (46)
PROFILERS (3)
SADCP (48)
SDS (1)
THERMOSALINOGRAPH (83)
UTR (588)
XBT (32)
Physical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 014, December 1983
The Physical Oceanography Cruise was on the Africana Voyage 014 between the 5th and 15th of December 1983. Research was conducted from Cape Point to Chamais Bay along the south-west coast of South Africa. This cruise was aimed primarily at current profiling along the west coast.
Coastal Current Meter Programme on the Africana Voyage 017, March 1984
The objectives of this cruise were to retrieve ten moorings, eight on the shelf and two on the shelf break between Cape Columbine and Port Nolloth; to deploy three moorings in the coastal zone between Cape Columbine and Cape Town; to obtain Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) profiles and water samples on a transect bearing 270° from Cape Columbine; to profile currents, make repeated CTD casts and record atmospheric conditions in St Helena Bay as part of a vertical mixing study,...
West Coast Hake Biomass Cruise on the Africana Voyage 010, June 1983
The West Coast Biomass Cruise was on the Africana Voyage 010 between the 17th June and 14th July 1983. Research was conducted from Orange River to Cape Agulhas along the coast of South Africa in order to survey, by means of trawling, the abundance of recruiting and adult hake.
Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 015, April 2015
The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 015 from 9 April to 15 May, 2015. The 2015 Marion Relief Voyage on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II offered yet another opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary ship-based oceanographic research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities. The overall aim was to...
Marion Island Relief Voyage on the MV SA Agulhas II Voyage 019, April 2016
The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the MV S. A. Agulhas II Voyage 019, 7 April to 16 May 2016. The 2016 Marion Relief Voyage 019 offered the 4th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based marine research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II en route to, and around, the...
Marion Island Relief Voyage on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 051, March 2022
The Marion Island Relief Voyage was conducted on the SA Agulhas II Voyage 051 from 31 March to 23 May 2022. The 2022 Marion Relief Voyage 051 offered the 10th opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, ship-based oceanographic research on board the SA Agulhas II en route to, from, and around, the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands (PEI’s). For the first time since the start of the global pandemic, 17 berths were allocated for ship-based scientists, but due to the helicopter logistics still...
Plankton Shoal Ecology on the Africana Voyage 020, May 1984
This Plankton Shoal Ecology cruise on the Africana is the second of two and comprised an extensive grid (stations E01-E14), an intensive grid (stations SH01-12 to SH05-24) and a 1x1 nautical mile box grid for time series sampling (stations TS01-18 to TS03-18). Sample data was only collected at the SH and TS stations.
West Coast Physical Oceanography Cruise on the Africana Voyage 006, February 1983
The West Coast Physical Oceanography Cruise was on the Africana Voyage 006 between 21 February and 02 March 1983. Research was conducted in St Helena Bay, Table Bay and Olifantsbos on the on the south-west coast of South Africa. This cruise was aimed primarily at current profiling and studies of the thermohaline structure of the shelf and slope zones.
Plankton Frontal Zone on the Africana Voyage 027, December 1984
The Plankton Frontal Zone cruise was carried out on the Africana Voyage 027 from 6 to 13 December 1984.
West Coast Hake Biomass on the Africana Voyage 046, July 1986
The West Coast Hake Biomass was carried out on the Africana Voyage 046 from 1 to 24 July 1986.
Marion Island Annual Relief Voyage on the MV SA Agulhas II Voyage 024, April 2017
The Marion Island Annual Relief Voyage was conducted on the MV SA Agulhas II Voyage 024, 06 April to 12 May 2017.The 2017 Marion Relief Voyage offered the fifth opportunity to conduct multi-disciplinary, shipbased marine research focusing on links and interactions between air and sea, ocean physics, chemistry, biogeochemistry and biology, including microbial, planktic and benthic communities on board South Africa’s polar research and supply vessel MV SA Agulhas II en route to, and around,...
Analysed primary production data from the 2017 Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruises
Analysed Particulate Organic Matter data, Nutrient data and Nitrate isotope data from the 2017 Integrated Ecosystem Programme: Southern Benguela (IEP:SB) cruises conducted in February, May, August and November. IEP:SB focuses on the biologically productive, cold waters of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, which are inherently variable on short time-scales and responsive to changing weather patterms. The research aims to provide relevant, reliable and improved assessment of the...
Short-term observations of currents and sub-surface temperatures on the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa
Between 2005 and 2015, multiple short-term studies were conducted to determine the characteristics of moorings deployed in a region heavily influenced by the strong Agulhas Current, and to examine circulation patterns across the continental shelf and slope off Port Edward, along the east coast of South Africa. Three moorings (P1, P2, and P3) were deployed, just south of Port Edward at depths of 36m, 64m, and 162m, respectively, between September 2005 and September 2006, to measure currents...
Long-term moored observations at the Prince Edward Island archipelago
Here we present long-term observations from the Prince Edward Island (PEI) shelf moorings. These moorings form part of the South African component of the International South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation project (SAMOC-SA), which aims to characterize the time-mean and time-varying components of the SAMOC in the South Atlantic Ocean and monitor the variability of the main Southern Ocean frontal systems associated with the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), south of Africa. Two...
South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) cruise on the Algoa Voyage 269, September - October 2020
Servicing and re-deployment of scientific equipment along the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Basin-wide Array (SAMBA) Monitoring Line in the South-East Atlantic Ocean. Algoa Voyage 269 operated from Slangkop, off Cape Town, westwards to 11° E, in the South Atlantic Ocean along the SAMBA transect and south of Hondeklipbaai on the West coast, between 21 September 2020 and 16 October 2020.
Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) cruise on SA Agulhas II Voyage 037, July 2019
The Agulhas System Climate Array (ASCA) is a mooring array and is designed to provide long-term observations of the Agulhas Current's volume, heat and salt transport and its variability from mesoscale (eddies), through seasonal to interannual timescales. The ASCA shelf and tall moorings extend 200 km offshore along decending TOPEX/Jason satellite ground track # 96, through the core of the Agulhas Current, with CPIES measurements extending the array to 300km offshore of Port Elizabeth. The...
Bottom-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) from three nearshore moorings in St Helena Bay, South Africa, Feb-Apr 2011
Concurrent nearshore measurements of current velocity from three moorings offshore of Elands Bay, within St Helena Bay, Southern Benguela, in water depths of ~22 m (mooring 3), ~50 m (mooring 2) and ~62 m (mooring 1).The data were originally presented in "Lucas, A. J., Pitcher, G. C., Probyn, T. A., & Kudela, R. M. (2014, March). The influence of diurnal winds on phytoplankton dynamics in a coastal upwelling system off south -western Africa. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in...
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Algoa Voyage 234, January 2017
SeaBird SBE911 plus Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises from 2000. Here we present processed downcast CTD continous data collected, between 13 January and 11 February 2017, during voyage 234 on the RV Algoa, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa.
Processed CTD discrete observations from the Algoa Voyage 234, January 2017
SeaBird SBE911 plus Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. Here we present processed CTD discrete data from the upcast collected, between 13 January and 11 February 2017, during voyage 234 on the RV Algoa, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa.
Processed CTD continuous observations from the Algoa Voyage 241, July 2017
SeaBird SBE911 plus Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises from 2000. Here we present processed downcast CTD continous data collected, between 12 July and 14 August 2017, during voyage 241 on the RV Algoa, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa.
Processed CTD discrete observations from the Algoa Voyage 241, July 2017
SeaBird SBE911 plus Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments were used to measure pressure, temperature and conductivity through the water column during research and monitoring cruises between 1983 and 2000. Here we present processed CTD discrete data from the upcast collected, between 12 July and 14 August 2017, during voyage 241 on the RV Algoa, in the Agulhas Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ACLME) on the south coast of South Africa.
Seawater temperature in the microhabitats of intertidal marine invertebrates in Sea Point, 28 December 2022 to 27 January 2023
To better understand the physiological effects of marine invertebrates to changing environmental conditions, long-term monitoring which captures the natural variability of environmental parameters is required. In this way, experimental findings can be related back to field conditions, and better predictions can be made as to how marine invertebrates, particularly in the harsh intertidal, will fair with rising temperature. In May 2020, Cape Sea Urchins, Parechinus angulosus, were collected...
Sun exposed temperature data from Sea Point, 27 January to 27 February 2023
To better understand the physiological effects of marine invertebrates to changing environmental conditions, long-term monitoring which captures the natural variability of environmental parameters is required. In this way, experimental findings can be related back to field conditions, and better predictions can be made as to how marine invertebrates, particularly in the harsh intertidal, will fair with rising temperature. In May 2020, Cape Sea Urchins, Parechinus angulosus, were collected...
Raw sun exposed temperature data from Sea Point, 27 January to 27 February 2023
To better understand the physiological effects of marine invertebrates to changing environmental conditions, long-term monitoring which captures the natural variability of environmental parameters is required. In this way, experimental findings can be related back to field conditions, and better predictions can be made as to how marine invertebrates, particularly in the harsh intertidal, will fair with rising temperature. In May 2020, Cape Sea Urchins, Parechinus angulosus, were collected...
Seawater temperature in the microhabitats of intertidal marine invertebrates in Sea Point, 27 January to 27 February 2023
To better understand the physiological effects of marine invertebrates to changing environmental conditions, long-term monitoring which captures the natural variability of environmental parameters is required. In this way, experimental findings can be related back to field conditions, and better predictions can be made as to how marine invertebrates, particularly in the harsh intertidal, will fair with rising temperature. In May 2020, Cape Sea Urchins, Parechinus angulosus, were collected...