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okelau's first-ever tide gauge provides high-quality sea-level, climate and geodetic information to support evidence-based planning, climate resilience and disaster preparedness across the country.

Current El Niño conditions provide a clear example of how natural climate variability is interacting with an already warming ocean, resulting in unusually high ocean temperatures across parts of the Pacific.

COSPPac's important support to Pacific climate services was acknowledged at the Pacific Meteorological Council in Tonga.

The newly upgraded Pacific Tides App gives users across the Pacific easy access to tide predictions, real-time sea level information and essential marine conditions wherever they are.

The Cook Islands has agreed on national priorities and next steps to strengthen geospatial information management and support better decision-making on infrastructure, climate resilience and ocean governance.

The Siu-i-Alaimoana Ki Likutapu Declaration and the new decadal Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy draw meteorological, hydrological, ocean, geological, and disaster management agencies into closer collaboration on observations, data, and coordinated warnings

Pacific Met Directors, technical partners, donors, and the private sector prepare to begin their next ten-year journey towards achieving a more weather-ready Pacific

Journalists and science communications officers from Pacific meteorological services were selected to participate in a two-day training in Tonga with the aim to form a Pacific Media team providing coverage of PMC-8 and the Ministerial meeting that follows.

From 2012, COSPPac has supported 15 Pacific National Meteorological Services to deliver tailored decision-ready climate information that meets the needs of government, industry and communities. Download the country brochures here.

Since 2012, the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac), a Pacific-governed, partnership-driven initiative, has worked with 15 National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and 14 Land and Survey Departments across the Pacific.

This year’s meetings mark the Pacific meteorological community's reflection on the progress and achievements of the past ten years.

When rainfall shifts and drought sets in, effects ripple far beyond the farm, reaching household nutrition, water security, livelihoods and community wellbeing.

The training focused on operating and maintaining GNSS, and on applying it to national priorities such as land administration, disaster risk management, and marine and coastal monitoring.

8 July 2026 - For some Pacific island countries, it is likely to mean months of limited rain. For others, it will bring flooding, higher, warmer seas, and unusually productive tuna grounds.

29 June 2026 - Experts from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme say the naturally-occurring climate phenomenon can also bring opportunities.

25 May 2026 - The annual session reviewed the progress of COSPPac3 activities, including the delivery of climate outlooks, the Early Action Rainfall Watch Bulletin, climate and ocean data services, and tide calendars that support maritime safety and planning

20 March 2026 - A regional Gender, Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion workshop focused on inclusive weather and climate services in Vanuatu end March.

The Pacific Ocean Portal provides access to climate and ocean data.

1 October 2025 - The Pacific Ocean Portal is a transformative digital platform designed to empower Pacific Island nations with user-friendly, open access and actionable ocean data.

Smith, GA (2024). Subseasonal to seasonal forecasts of ocean temperatures, including extreme events such as marine heatwaves, have demonstrated utility in informing operational decision-making by marine end users and managing climate risk. Verification is critical for effective communication and uptake of forecast information, together with understanding ocean temperature predictability.

Tu’uholoaki, M (2023). Tropical cyclones (TCs) as a natural hazard pose a major threat and risk to the human population globally. This threat is expected to increase in a warming climate as the frequency of severe TCs is expected to increase. In this study, the influence of different monthly sea surface temperature (SST) patterns on the locations and frequency of tropical cyclone genesis (TCG) in the Southwest Pacific (SWP) region is investigated.

Tu’uholoaki, M (2023). The South Pacific region is characterised by steep shelves and fringing coral reef islands. The lack of wide continental shelves that can dissipate waves makes Pacific Island countries vulnerable to large waves that can enhance extreme total water levels triggered by tropical cyclones (TCs). In this study, hindcasts of the waves and storm surge induced by severe TC Harold in 2020 on Tongatapu, Tonga’s capital island, were examined using the state-of-the

Tu’uholoaki, M (2022). The focus of several past tropical cyclone (TC) studies in the Southwest Pacific (SWP) had been primarily at the regional scale, with little or no attention to the local-scale TC activity (i.e., at the country level). With the growing coastal population in the South Pacific Island countries, as well as increasing threats from and exposure to climate extremes mostly affecting vulnerable communities, examining TC-related risks at the country level is more

Powers, M (2019). The need for improved access to ocean observations for Pacific Island countries (PICs) and territories has been increasingly recognized over the last decade, particularly in the face of a changing climate.