Marine Bio

Great Barrier Reef Living Classroom

Great Barrier Reef Sector

Open Ocean Ecosystem

Flagship reef station focused on bleaching thresholds, biodiversity resilience, and visitor education.

Dive into coral resilience science from one of the most iconic reef ecosystems on Earth.

Live Status

Coral Watch · 6 min ago

Bleaching Pressure Index 64

Full Station View Exhibit Mode

Live Conditions

Thermal

Sea Surface Temperature

29.1 C

Live · 6 min ago

Optical

PAR

1120 umol/m2/s

Live · 10 min ago

Chemistry

Dissolved Oxygen

5.4 mg/L

Live · 13 min ago

Featured Species

Pocillopora damicornis

Monitoring

-4% colony density

Patchy paling observed near shallow crest transects.

Acanthurus triostegus

Stable

+2% juvenile presence

Schooling behavior remains consistent with seasonal baseline.

Ecological Alerts

Midday thermal spike exceeded coral comfort band

medium

Two shallow reef grids crossed 29.0 C for 24 minutes.

Monitoring · 21 min ago

High irradiance stress window opened

low

PAR peaks suggest midday bleaching risk remains elevated.

Open · 30 min ago

Learn More

brief

Coral Heat Watch Brief

Daily operator summary on thermal pressure and expected bleaching stress.

50 min ago

Open

dataset

Outer Arc Reef Telemetry Feed

Live sensor stream for surface temperature, irradiance, and oxygen.

1 hr ago

Open

guide

Coral Resilience Field Guide

Educational guide connecting live data to coral adaptation principles.

1 hr ago

Open

Operator and Sponsor

Reef Futures x Queensland Marine

Operated by Queensland Marine Observatory · Sponsored by Reef Futures Trust

Live habitat telemetry for research, outreach, and conservation learning.

Share and QR

QR Ready

Public Link

/station/great-barrier-reef-sector

Open

Exhibit Link

/ocean-stations/great-barrier-reef-sector/exhibit

Printable Share Card

Great Barrier Reef Sector public QR destination and exhibit URL are ready for kiosk handouts.