Welcome to the website of the Royal Australian Navy's Directorate of Oceanography & Meteorology.

Mission

The mission of the Directorate of Oceanography & Meteorology is to acquire, manage, produce and distribute meteorological and oceanographic information to:

• support our Defence Force and national infrastructure,
• contribute to the preservation of the marine environment,
• enable our Defence Force to utilise the above and below water physical operating environments for strategic, operational and tactical advantage, and
• to satisfy national and international obligations to manage oceanographic data.