World Ocean Atlas 2023

This page provides datasets for use with the Ocean Data View software. The datasets are platform-independent and can be used on any supported system (Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X). To install a dataset, download the zipped data file to the base directory of your ODV data and unzip the file. During unzipping make sure you restore the directory structure stored in the zip-file (e.g., use "unzip <file-name>" or "pkunzip -d <file-name>", etc.). Open the data collection with Ocean Data View.

NOTE: ODV 4.6.0 or later is required to use these data collections. Previous ODV versions will not work.

NEW: Analyze these datasets online with webODV Explore. Browse the "Ocean > woa23" tree.

Data DescriptionExample Maps
World Ocean Atlas 2023 - DocumentationWorld Ocean Atlas 2023 - Website
Annual Data:
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_annual.zip (Data File; 251 MB)
Seasonal Data:
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_jan-mar.zip (Data File; 231 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_jul-sep.zip (Data File; 228 MB)
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_apr-jun.zip (Data File; 230 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_oct-dec.zip (Data File; 228 MB)
Monthly Data:
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_january.zip (Data File; 185 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_july.zip (Data File; 183 MB)
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_february.zip (Data File; 186 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_august.zip (Data File; 184 MB)
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_march.zip (Data File; 187 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_september.zip (Data File; 184 MB)
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_april.zip (Data File; 187 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_october.zip (Data File; 183 MB)
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_may.zip (Data File; 184 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_november.zip (Data File; 182 MB)
WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_june.zip (Data File; 182 MB)WOA23_1.00deg_all-years_december.zip (Data File; 182 MB)
Annual Data:
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_annual.zip (Data File; 852 MB)
Seasonal Data:
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_jan-mar.zip (Data File; 967 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_jul-sep.zip (Data File; 956 MB)
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_apr-jun.zip (Data File; 963 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_oct-dec.zip (Data File; 961 MB)
Monthly Data:
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_january.zip (Data File; 617 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_july.zip (Data File; 618 MB)
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_february.zip (Data File; 620 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_august.zip (Data File; 620 MB)
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_march.zip (Data File; 625 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_september.zip (Data File; 618 MB)
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_april.zip (Data File; 621 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_october.zip (Data File; 619 MB)
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_may.zip (Data File; 620 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_november.zip (Data File; 618 MB)
WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_june.zip (Data File; 615 MB)WOA23_0.25deg_all-years_december.zip (Data File; 614 MB)