The Sun is the climate pacemaker II. Global ocean temperatures

•Global ocean temperatures at depths 0–700 m and 0–2000 m from 1990 to 2014 are studied.•The same phase-locked phenomena reported in Paper I are observed.•El Niño/La Niña effects diffuse to the global oceans with a two month delay.•Ocean heat content trends during phase-locked time segments are consistent with zero.

In part I, equatorial Pacific Ocean temperature index SST3.4 was found to have segments during 1990–2014 showing a phase-locked annual signal and phase-locked signals of 2- or 3-year periods. Phase locking is to an inferred solar forcing of 1.0 cycle/yr. Here the study extends to the global ocean, from surface to 700 and 2000 m. The same phase-locking phenomena are found. The El Niño/La Niña effect diffuses into the world oceans with a delay of about two months.