Eddy Watch - Your Eye on the Gulf

The main goals of Eddy Watch are to observe the position and strength of the Loop Current, detect the separation of anticyclonic (warm core) eddies from the Loop, identify and monitor these eddies as they migrate across the northern Gulf of Mexico, and predict the likelihood that an eddy will encounter a particular site within a user-specified time. Reports are issued weekly with daily updates during times of strong current events.