Our Internet-connected cabled observatories bring real-time continuous ocean data to the surface for research & decision-making.
One of Canada's Major Research Facilities & a University of Victoria initiative.
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🎧 Hear the ocean differently 🌊
Join Biophonic Worlds, a two-week workshop at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre + University of Victoria exploring acoustic ecology, soundscape research, data sonification, & creative storytelling.
📅 Aug. 17–28, 2026
Apply by June 8 🔗 bit.ly/49EO0h9
#KnowTheOcean
1/2 🌊 This year Ocean Hack Week is going to be held @bamfieldmsc.bsky.social on the beautiful west coast of Vancouver Island. Applications are due by June 5. Develop or apply your coding and data analysis skills to problems in ocean science oceanhackweek.org/ohw26/index....
Jay T. Cullen
Ocean Networks Canada
🌊 Last call! Applications for #OceanHackWeek 2026 close June 5.
Join the first-ever OceanHackWeek in Canada for 5 days of hands-on ocean data science, tutorials, collaborative projects, & community at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on Vancouver Island.
🔗 oceanhackweek.org
#KnowTheOcean
The 7.8M #earthquake that occurred yesterday in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines was detected by ONC’s seafloor seismic sensors in the Pacific, 10,720 kilometres away.
There is no tsunami warning for the B.C. coast.
View the live data 👉🏼 bit.ly/oncearthquakedata
#KnowTheOcean
Since 2011, 250+ co-op students have completed 350+ work terms at ONC.
Beyond deep-sea research and #BigData, ONC helps launch careers—equipping early professionals with skills spanning earthquake detection, data analysis, scientific discovery, & national defence.
Full video 📽️ bit.ly/4thzgfa
1/🧵 ONC is delighted to be a part of the federal government’s announcement to invest $258.1 million in the protection of whales and their habitats.
This funding highlights the power of partnerships between science, Indigenous knowledge, technology, and decision-makers to protect marine mammals.
2/🧵 "Since the launch of the Whales Initiative and the Oceans Protection Plan, the decline of the Southern Resident killer whale population has stabilized, underscoring the importance of continuing and strengthening these efforts.”
🗨️ Kate Moran, ONC CEO and President
This #OceanWeek, meet 3 ONC experts who will dive into their experience working with the deep-sea and in the remote Antarctic, working to #KnowTheOcean.
📅 June 2 | 5-6:30pm
📍 101-503 Park Place, Victoria, BC
📚 Greater Victoria Public Library—Esquimalt
This is a free event 👉🏼 bit.ly/4dzUcba
🌊 Happy #WorldOceanDay!
Today, we're celebrating the ocean that connects us all and ONC's 20th anniversary!
Two decades of ocean monitoring has grown into innovations, discoveries, + partnerships spanning the deep sea to coastal communities.
Explore #KnowTheOcean milstones 🌊 bit.ly/3O2WkiL
Collaboration is key to emergency preparedness in B.C.
Today, Minister @jessieksunner.bsky.social and I met with emergency management focused academics from @UVic.ca, @UBCOkanagan.bsky.social, @RoyalRoads.ca, @SFU.ca, BCIT and the ICLR at the legislature.
Thank you to everyone who participated! 💪
OceanHackWeek 2026 (OHW26) will be held on August 24-28, 2026 at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on the West Coast of beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The OceanHackWeek pro...