A North Pacific Ocean current setting southeastward along the west coast of the United States and Baja California.
The eastern boundary current of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. It flows southward along the coast of Washington and California and is associated with coastal upwelling during spring and summer (April–September). The associated low sea surface temperatures (about 15°C) produce a coastal strip of sea fog along the otherwise extremely hot coastline. In autumn and winter (October–March) the upwelling is replaced by northward flow known as the Davidson Current, which reaches its peak speed of 0.2–0.3 m s−1 in January.
The ocean current flowing southward along the west coast of the United States from approximately Washington to northern Baja California. This current is the major branch of the Aleutian Current. Off Central America, the California Current turns toward the west and becomes the North Equatorial Current.
A deep-ocean boundary current that flows south-southeasterly along the U.S. west coast. The current is shallow, broad and slow moving carrying cold, nutrient poor waters toward the equator.
A southward moving, cold water current along the California coast.
an ocean current that carries cold water toward the equator along the western coast of the United States, keeping the climate of the northwest cool
The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that moves south along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia, and ending off southern Baja California. It is part of the North Pacific Gyre, a large swirling current that occupies the northern basin of the Pacific. The movement of northern waters southward makes the coastal waters cooler than coastal areas of comparable latitude on the east coast of the United States.