Warnings for Fiji as Tropical Cyclone Rae Intensifies to Category 2 Updated: February 24, 2025 Tropical Cyclone Rae has strengthened to a Category 2 storm and multiple warnings are in...

Survey to Help Improve Guidance for Visiting Yachts The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) are currently developing biofouling management options for international non-commercial vessels so that yacht...

Normal Tropical Season Predicted Tropical Cyclones* have a significant impact across the Southwest Pacific, with the season starting in November and lasting through to April of the following year. For...

Biosecurity reporting requirements for yachts to change The long-standing reporting requirements for non-commercial vessels intending to arrive in Australian territory are to contact the department’s key biosecurity port offices by...

Sherry Seaman, a spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, has shared the following information with Noonsite to assist the yachting community in preparing vessels for biosecurity inspection...

Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology reports that Tropical Cyclone Tiffany (Category 1) has rapidly developed in the last 24 hours and will continue to intensify as it approaches the far north...