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The National Oceans and Coastal Information Management System (OCIMS) provides decision support for the effective governance of South Africa’s oceans and coasts.

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Staying on Track

Visualizing Big Coastal Geodata in Compliance with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Technical Specifications

Cape Town
16°
Fair
06:5318:50 SAST
Feels like: 15°C
Wind: 10km/h SSE
Humidity: 90%
Pressure: 1017.95mbar
UV index: 0
5h
16°C
MonTueWed
24/15°C
21/16°C
19/16°C

Durban
24°
Fair
06:0218:00 SAST
Feels like: 24°C
Wind: 2km/h SW
Humidity: 88%
Pressure: 1006.1mbar
UV index: 0
5h
24°C
MonTueWed
23/17°C
27/21°C
26/19°C

Hermanus
17°
Mostly Cloudy
06:5018:46 SAST
Feels like: 17°C
Wind: 11km/h SSW
Humidity: 90%
Pressure: 1018.29mbar
UV index: 0
5h
17°C
MonTueWed
25/14°C
21/16°C
18/14°C

Port Elizabeth
19°
Partly Cloudy
06:2518:21 SAST
Feels like: 19°C
Wind: 19km/h WSW
Humidity: 70%
Pressure: 1012.87mbar
UV index: 0
4h
19°C
MonTueWed
23/10°C
33/14°C
24/12°C

The National OCIMS is the result of collaborative partnerships led by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries and managed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The project has drawn from the expertise of government, labour, business, academia and other sectors. It serves under the premise of Operation Phakisa a national government project.