any hurricanes in the tropical southern oceans and if so, do they have opposite rotation?

Answer 1

Tropical cyclones in the southern oceans are called hurricanes only in the south Atlantic and the southern Pacific for the area east of 160E longitude.

"hurricane" (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E)

They are called severe tropical cyclone in the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E. and the Southeast Indian Ocean east of 90E.

They are called tropical cyclone in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

They are all different names for the same storm and they do indeed have the opposite rotation of tropical storms (hurricanes or typhoons) in the northern hemisphere.

Answer 2

Actually, no there are no hurricanes in the tropical southern oceans due to a technicality: they are either called typhoons or cyclones. Hurricanes do not occur south of the equator in the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific, and those are the only places they would be called hurricanes. Of course, cyclones and typhoons south of the equator do have opposite rotation, and are identical to hurricanes in every sense except name and rotation.

Answer 3

Yes, hurricanes form in the South Pacific and South Indian oceans, and their rotation is opposite that of hurricanes in the north.