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The California Current (Spanish: Corriente de California) is a cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia and ending off southern Baja California Sur.
Boundary currents are ocean currents with dynamics determined by the presence of a coastline, ... (Peru) Current, and the California Current. ...
“The National Weather Service has issued a TSUNAMI WARNING. A series of powerful waves and strong currents may impact coasts near you,” the alert read in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This is associated with a decrease in the speed of current; eastward directed speeds at the surface are typically less than 0.05 m/s (5 cm/s) in the central Pacific. As the NPC approaches the west coast of North America, it divides into two broad currents: the northward flowing Alaska Current and the southward flowing California Current.
California beachgoers enthralled by huge waves from storms – but they bring flooding and rip currents, too Cindy Von Quednow, David Williams and Robert Shackelford, CNN December 28, 2023 at 8:50 PM
The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America. [1] It is an eastern boundary current flowing in the direction of the equator , and extends 500–1,000 km (310–620 mi) offshore.
More than 40 people had to be rescued from rip currents along the North Carolina coast Saturday and Sunday, local news outlet WRAL reported. Ernesto's expanding winds will push on the ocean ...
The North Equatorial Current (NEC) is a westward wind-driven current mostly located near the equator, but the location varies from different oceans. The NEC in the Pacific and the Atlantic is about 5°-20°N, while the NEC in the Indian Ocean is very close to the equator.