The Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science (WIOJMS) provides an avenue for the wide dissemination of high quality research generated in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. This journal issue covers an interesting array of articles such as: Analysis of rainfall variations and trends in coastal Tanzania,Beach sand supply and transport at Kunduchi, Tanzania, and Bamburi, Kenya, Trends in coastal development and land cover change: The case of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and many more articles