======================================================================================================================= NOAA Coral Reef Watch Current Coral Bleaching Thermal Stress Levels at CRW Satellite Virtual Stations May 20, 2013 ======================================================================================================================= Virtual Station Name Current Stress Level Change from Last Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlantic Ocean ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Brazil (6 stations in this group) -- Abrolhos Reefs, Brazil No Stress ==> No Change -- Buzios, Brazil No Stress ==> No Change -- Costa dos Corais, Brazil No Stress ==> No Change -- Fernando de Noronha, Brazil No Stress ==> No Change -- Maracajau, Brazil No Stress ==> No Change -- Recife de Fora, Brazil No Stress ==> No Change ** Caribbean (23 stations in this group) -- Banco Chinchorro, Mexico No Stress ==> No Change -- Barbados No Stress ==> No Change -- Bay Islands, Honduras No Stress ==> No Change -- Bocas del Toro, Panama No Stress ==> No Change -- Buccoo Reef, Tobago No Stress ==> No Change -- Cayman Islands No Stress ==> No Change -- Cayos Miskitos, Nicaragua No Stress ==> No Change -- Curacao and Aruba No Stress ==> No Change -- Flower Garden Banks, Texas No Stress ==> No Change -- Glovers Reef, Belize No Stress ==> No Change -- Guadeloupe No Stress ==> No Change -- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba No Stress ==> No Change -- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba No Stress ==> No Change -- Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas No Stress ==> No Change -- Los Roques, Venezuela No Stress ==> No Change -- Montecristi, Dominican Republic No Stress ==> No Change -- Negril, Jamaica No Stress ==> No Change -- Puerto Morelos, Mexico No Stress ==> No Change -- Puerto Rico No Stress ==> No Change -- San Bernardo, Colombia No Stress ==> No Change -- Santa Marta, Colombia No Stress ==> No Change -- Turks and Caicos No Stress ==> No Change -- US Virgin Islands No Stress ==> No Change ** Florida (16 stations in this group) -- Biscayne, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Broward, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Dry Tortugas, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Gulf SW FL Shelf, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Gulf Sloughsway, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Lower Keys, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Lower Keys-Marquesas, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Rebecca Shoal, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Marquesas Offshore, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Martin, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Middle Keys, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Middle Keys Offshore, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Palm Beach, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- SW FL Shelf Inshore, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- SW FL Shelf Offshore, Florida No Stress ==> No Change -- Upper Keys, Florida No Stress ==> No Change ** Other Atlantic Ocean Stations (1 stations in this group) -- Bermuda No Stress ==> No Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pacific Ocean ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Eastern Pacific (3 stations in this group) -- Clipperton Island, France Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Galapagos, Ecuador No Stress ==> No Change -- Isla del Coco, Costa Rica No Stress ==> No Change ** Melanesia (5 stations in this group) -- Amedee, New Caledonia No Stress ==> No Change -- Beqa, Fiji No Stress ==> No Change -- Efate, Vanuatu No Stress ==> No Change -- Kambara, Fiji No Stress ==> No Change -- Vanua, Fiji No Stress ==> No Change ** Micronesia == Federated States of Micronesia (9 stations in this group) -- Chuuk, FSM No Stress ==> No Change -- Kosrae, FSM No Stress ==> No Change -- Ngulu, FSM Bleaching Watch ==> Alert: (+) Bleaching Watch -- Pisaras, FSM No Stress ==> No Change -- Pohnpei, FSM No Stress ==> No Change -- Pulusuk, FSM No Stress ==> No Change -- Ulithi, FSM Bleaching Watch ==> Alert: (+) Bleaching Watch -- Woleai, FSM No Stress ==> No Change -- Yap, FSM Bleaching Watch ==> Alert: (+) Bleaching Watch == Guam and CNMI (10 stations in this group) -- Agrihan and Asuncion No Stress ==> No Change -- Guam East No Stress ==> No Change -- Guguan and Alamagan No Stress ==> No Change -- Maug Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Pagan Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Rota Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Saipan and Tinian No Stress ==> No Change -- Santa Rosa Reef, Guam No Stress ==> No Change -- Sarigan and Anatahan No Stress ==> No Change -- Urracas No Stress ==> No Change == Marshall Islands (4 stations in this group) -- Ailuk, Marshall Islands No Stress ==> No Change -- Enewetak, Marshall Islands No Stress ==> No Change -- Majuro, Marshall Islands No Stress ==> No Change -- Namorik, Marshall Islands No Stress ==> No Change == Other Micronesia Stations (6 stations in this group) -- Howland and Baker No Stress ==> No Change -- Nauru No Stress ==> No Change -- Palau Bleaching Watch ==> Alert: (+) Bleaching Watch -- Phoenix Islands, Kiribati Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Tarawa, Kiribati No Stress ==> No Change -- Wake Atoll No Stress ==> No Change ** Polynesia == French Polynesia (3 stations in this group) -- Marquesas, French Polynesia No Stress ==> No Change -- Marutea, French Polynesia No Stress ==> No Change -- Tahiti and Moorea, French Polynesia No Stress ==> No Change == Hawaiian Islands ++ MainHawaiian (7 stations in this group) -- Hilo, Big Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Kahoolawe No Stress ==> No Change -- Kauai and Niihau No Stress ==> No Change -- Kona, Big Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Lanai No Stress ==> No Change -- Maui and Molokai No Stress ==> No Change -- Oahu No Stress ==> No Change ++ NWHI (11 stations in this group) -- French Frigate Shoals No Stress ==> No Change -- Gardner No Stress ==> No Change -- Kure Atoll No Stress ==> No Change -- Laysan Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Lisianski Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Maro Reef No Stress ==> No Change -- Midway Atoll North No Stress ==> No Change -- Midway Atoll West No Stress ==> No Change -- Necker Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Nihoa No Stress ==> No Change -- Pearl and Hermes Atoll No Stress ==> No Change == American Samoa (4 stations in this group) -- Ofu No Stress ==> No Change -- Rose Atoll Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Swains Island Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Tutuila No Stress ==> Alert: (-) No Stress == Other Polynesia Stations (10 stations in this group) -- Easter Island, Chile No Stress ==> No Change -- Funafuti, Tuvalu Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Jarvis Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Johnston Atoll No Stress ==> No Change -- Kingman Island No Stress ==> No Change -- Niue No Stress ==> No Change -- Palmyra Atoll No Stress ==> No Change -- Rarotonga, Cook Islands No Stress ==> No Change -- Tokelau Islands, New Zealand Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Uiha Island, Tonga No Stress ==> No Change ** TOGA_TAO (2 stations in this group) -- TOGA-TAO 2n138e Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- TOGA-TAO 5n147e Bleaching Watch ==> No Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southeast Asia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Coral Triangle == Papua New Guinea (2 stations in this group) -- Kimbe Bay, PNG Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Madang Lagoon, PNG Bleaching Watch ==> No Change == Philippines (9 stations in this group) -- Apo Reef, Philippines Bleaching Warning ==> No Change -- Batanes, Philippines Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Bohol Sea, Philippines No Stress ==> No Change -- Bolinao, Philippines Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- El Nido, Philippines Bleaching Warning ==> No Change -- Polillo Islands, Philippines Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Tawitawi, Philippines No Stress ==> No Change -- Tubbataha, Philippines Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Visayan Sea, Philippines Bleaching Watch ==> No Change == Other Coral Triangle Stations (10 stations in this group) -- Arnavon, Solomon Islands Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Bali Barat NP, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Bunaken, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Derawan, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Komodo, Indonesia No Stress ==> No Change -- Mabul Island, Malaysia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Misool, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Nusa Penida, Indonesia No Stress ==> No Change -- Raja Ampat, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Wakatobi, Indonesia No Stress ==> No Change ** East Asia (7 stations in this group) -- East coast, Taiwan No Stress ==> No Change -- Hainan Island, China Bleaching Watch ==> Alert: (+) Bleaching Watch -- Ishigaki Islands, Japan No Stress ==> No Change -- Okinawa, Japan No Stress ==> No Change -- Paracel Islands, China Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Pratas Reef, Taiwan Bleaching Watch ==> Alert: (+) Bleaching Watch -- West coast, Taiwan No Stress ==> No Change ** Other Southeast Asia Stations (15 stations in this group) -- Brunei Darussalam Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Con Dao, Vietnam Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Great Nicobar, India No Stress ==> No Change -- Karimun Java NP, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Mannai Island, Thailand Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Mentawai Islands, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- North Andaman, India Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Pulau Payar, Malaysia No Stress ==> No Change -- Pulau Redang, Malaysia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Singapore No Stress ==> No Change -- South Phuket, Thailand No Stress ==> No Change -- Spratly Islands Bleaching Watch ==> Alert: (-) Bleaching Watch -- Tao Island, Thailand Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Thousand Island NP, Indonesia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Weh Island, Indonesia No Stress ==> No Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Great Barrier Reef (15 stations in this group) -- Agincourt Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Ashmore Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Cannan Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Davies Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Feather Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Gannett Cay, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Hardy Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Heron Island, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Lizard Island, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- North Torres Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Pith Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Princess Charlotte Bay, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Raine Island, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Sassie Reef, GBR No Stress ==> No Change -- Turner Cay, GBR No Stress ==> No Change ** Other Australia Stations (14 stations in this group) -- Ashmore Reef, Western Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Christmas Island, Australia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Cobourg Park, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Flinders Reef, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Lihou Reef, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Lord Howe Island, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Montebello Islands, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Montgomery Reef, Australia Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Ningaloo, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Osprey Reef, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Pulu Keeling, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Rowley Shoals, Australia No Stress ==> No Change -- Scott Reef, Australia No Stress ==> No Change ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indian Ocean ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Middle East (5 stations in this group) -- Abul Thama, Bahrain No Stress ==> No Change -- Farasan Bank, Saudi Arabia No Stress ==> No Change -- Hurghada, Egypt No Stress ==> No Change -- Muscat, Oman No Stress ==> No Change -- Socotra, Yemen Bleaching Watch ==> No Change ** South Asia (4 stations in this group) -- Bar Reef, Sri Lanka No Stress ==> No Change -- Chagos Archipelago, UK No Stress ==> No Change -- Lakshadweep, India Bleaching Watch ==> No Change -- Male, Maldives Bleaching Watch ==> No Change ** Western Indian Ocean (26 stations in this group) -- Aldabra, Seychelles No Stress ==> No Change -- Ambodivahibe, Madagascar No Stress ==> No Change -- Andavadoaka, Madagascar No Stress ==> No Change -- Bassas da India, France No Stress ==> No Change -- Blue Bay, Mauritius No Stress ==> No Change -- Cargados Carajos, Mauritius No Stress ==> No Change -- Comoros No Stress ==> No Change -- Farquhar Atoll, Seychelles No Stress ==> No Change -- Glorieuse Island, France No Stress ==> No Change -- Inhambane, Mozambique No Stress ==> No Change -- Juan de Nova, France No Stress ==> No Change -- Kiunga, Kenya No Stress ==> No Change -- Mafia Island, Tanzania No Stress ==> No Change -- Mahe, Seychelles No Stress ==> No Change -- Maluane, Mozambique No Stress ==> No Change -- Mayotte, France No Stress ==> No Change -- Mombasa, Kenya No Stress ==> No Change -- Nosy Atafana, Madagascar No Stress ==> No Change -- Nosy Be, Madagascar No Stress ==> No Change -- Pemba, Mozambique No Stress ==> No Change -- Reunion, France No Stress ==> No Change -- Rodrigues, Mauritius No Stress ==> No Change -- Segundas Island, Mozambique No Stress ==> No Change -- Sodwana Bay, South Africa No Stress ==> No Change -- Tolagnaro, Madagascar No Stress ==> No Change -- Zanzibar, Tanzania No Stress ==> No Change ======================================================================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Detailed views of individual sites can be found using Google Earth: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/ge/products/CRWGE_CurrentProducts.kmz ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) experimental product. This file lists the current thermal stress levels, derived from the CRW global suite of satellite based coral bleaching monitoring products, for all the CRW Satellite Coral Bleaching Virtual Stations. "No Change" indicates that the stress level has not changed from the stress level at the previous twice-weekly update. "No Alert" does not necessarily mean no stress is present at the station. For a station with an alert, a "(+)" indicates an increase in the thermal stress level and a "(-)" indicates a decrease in the thermal stress level. Our thermal stress levels are defined as follow. Stress Level Definition No Stress HotSpot <= 0 Bleaching Watch 0 < HotSpot < 1 Bleaching Warning 1 <= HotSpot and 0 < DHW < 4 Bleaching Alert Level 1 1 <= HotSpot and 4 <= DHW < 8 Bleaching Alert Level 2 1 <= HotSpot and 8 <= DHW If you are interested in subscribing to the CRW automatic e-mail Satellite Bleaching Alert (SBA) for any of the above CRW Virtual Stations, please send a request to coralreefwatch@noaa.gov. A complete list of the available CRW Virtual Stations can be viewed at http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/docs/list_vs_group_latlon_201103.txt For complete information on CRW Virtual Stations please visit http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/current/experimental_products.html For detailed information on CRW automatic SBA system please visit http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/docs/vs_sba_description.txt ======================================================================================================================= NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program =======================================================================================================================