The Dept. of Oceanography proudly hosted an inspiring and engaging exhibition at UCT’s Open Day on Saturday, 25 April 2026, welcoming school learners and their parents to explore the field of Oceanography.
The recent publication published in Communications Earth & Environment, found that the 2023–2024 El Niño event triggered the most significant sea level surge ever recorded in the region.
The Oceanography Resource Centre, has been officially renamed the “Mathieu Rouault Resource Center” honoring the legacy of the late Professor Mathieu Rouault and marking the beginning of a new chapter for the department.
Dr Frank Ghomsi recently had the honour of being featured in the Geodesy Blog of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) - Europe’s leading organisation for Earth, planetary, and space sciences.
SEAmester (South Africa's floating classroom) is a 10-day postgraduate-level research and training voyage that takes place aboard the SA Agulhas II as part of the annual Agulhas current scientific survey.
Congratulations! to Dr Franck Ghomsi, Postdoctoral Fellow at UCT, Dept of Oceanography. The Academy of the World Climate Research Programme voted Franck as Scientist of the Month in recognition of his outstanding research.
Associate Professor Katye Altieri from the Dept of Oceanography received the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust’s New Frontiers Research Award for 2025 – making her the second ever winner of the five-year R7.5 million prize.
Welldone to, Dr. Faith February and Dr. Minto Dimoune who had the opportunity to represent the Oceanography Department at the recent UCT Postdoc Research Showcase on Monday, 10 March, 2025.
Prof. Chris Reason and Dr. Lynette van Schalkwyk, from the Oceanography Dept., along with 6 researchers from the Climate Research Group at Oxford University, installed the first weather station at Molopo lodge, near the border of Botswana.
Prof Babatunde Abiodun, Director of Nasen-Tutu Centre, and DST/NRF SARChI Chairholder in Ocean and Atmospheric Modelling, in the Dept. of Oceanography, UCT was inaugurated as a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAF)
