Long - term animations of ocean temperature anomalies show it well. (judithcurry.com)
Hocker's Figure 2 shows a comparison of the observed and modeled global ocean temperature anomaly: (skepticalscience.com)
Since ocean temperature anomalies in the canonical Niño 3.4 region are now above 2 C — which are record values for the calendar month and not too far from their highest values ever observed at any time of year — current observations in the real world suggests that the models are very much on track. (weatherwest.com)