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A bunch of good updates for our Australian followers! 🇦🇺 We've been working hard to expand the geographic coverage of the enhanced satellite data collection we introduced in our previous post. Better Data We are now fetching satellite data with a resolution down to 300m x 300m in Australia 🎯. This is a significant improvement from our previous pipeline, which relied on coarse pixels. Moreover, we fetch and incorporate satellite imagery as soon as the satellite makes its

To prepare for the start of the new diving season, we have shipped several updates to Marla. Better Data, Better Forecasts 📊 We are now fetching satellite readings as soon as the satellite 🛰️ makes its daily pass over the dive spots. This means that the afternoon data will now be based on the satellite images taken just a few hours ago. ⏰ We also update visibility forecasts a few times a day to account for changes in the atmospheric and marine weather conditions. 🌤️ New Di

Last week we attended the annual Go Diving Show UK - a two-day event packed with talks, workshops, try-dives, mobile science laboratories and exhibits covering everything from tropical holidays and underwater archaeology to innovations in scuba gear and ocean conservation. And, of course, diving in the UK. It has been an exciting opportunity to network with fellow divers, meet Marla's users, converse on weather forecasting (everyone has a strong opinion!) and explore the lat

Since our launch in the UK and Ireland in 2024, we have received multiple emails from divers across the globe asking to enable Marla's dive visibility forecasts in their locations. We heard you and worked hard to expand the geographic coverage of our algorithms. We are happy to announce that Marla dive visibility forecasts are now available for beta testing in Australia ! Dive visibility forecasts We are releasing the first version of our dive visibility forecast for Austral

In 2025, our divers reported conditions ranging from “flat calm and crystal clear” to “milky,” “snotty,” “Baltic,” and the unforgettable “couldn’t see the end of my speargun” (sometimes also missing a fin!). Visibility bounced between “5–6m” , “better than expected” , and “below 1m… ambient light lost” , sometimes with “lots of sediment” , “algae bloom” or “loads of suspended particles” just to keep things spicy. The sea was frequently “very calm” , occasionally “bumpy”

Data analysis of diver visibility reports compared to Marla's forecasts

New dive visibility model, trained on your dive reports out now

Here is a guide on what to look for in weather conditions to find good diving conditions in the UK