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• North Equatorial Current – Flows westward in the general area of NE trades
• South Equatorial Current - Flows westward in the general area of SE trades
• Equatorial Counter Current – Set toward the east in the general vicinity of the doldrums. It reaches a maximum during July and August and minimum in December and January.
• Gulf Stream – The most all remarkable ocean current. It follows generally along the coast of N. America, flowing around Florida, northward and then northeastward toward Cape Hatteras. Gulf Stream is a Warm current.
• Labrador Current – Originating from cold arctic water flowing southeastward. Carries large quantities of ice.
• North Atlantic Current – A vast slow-moving current in the general vicinity of prevailing westerlies
• Brazil Current – Flows southwestward along the Brazilian coast.
• South Atlantic Current – a broad, slow-moving current in the general vicinity of the prevailing westerlies (passage from Argentina/Chile to South Africa and vv) .
• Benguela Current – A strong current flowing northwestward to follow the southwest coast of Africa (vicinity of Cape Town).
• Agulhas Current – A generally southward flowing ocean current of the Indian ocean, flows along the east coast of South Africa.
• Kuroshio (Japan Current) – Carries a large quantity of warm water to higher latitudes and then curves toward the east as a major part of the general clockwise circulation in the N. Hemisphere (similar to Gulf Stream).
• California Current – A .N. Pacific ocean current flowing southeastward along the west coast of N. America from west of Vancouver to the west of Baja California.
• Davidson Current – A weak counter current flowing north westward along the west coast of N. America from S. California to Vancouver Island, inshore of southeasterly flowing California Current.
• Oyashio – Formed by cold water flowing southward through the western part of Bering strait between Alaska and Siberia and joined by water circulating counterclockwise in the Bering sea. It bring of sea ice but no iceberg.
• Alaska Current  -is a southwestern warm-water current alongside the west coast of the North American continent. The current results from the northward diversion of a portion of the North Pacific Current. It forms a part of the Alaska Current and continues into the Alaskan Stream, which begins near Kodiak Island and flows southwestward along the Alaska Peninsula.
• East Australian Current (EAC) - is the southward western boundary current that is formed from the South Equatorial Current (SEC) crossing the Coral Sea and reaching the eastern coast of Australia. At around 15° S near the Australian coast the SEC divides forming the southward flow of the EAC. It is the largest ocean current close to the shores of Australia.
• 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.
• Monsoon Current - also called Monsoon Drift, surface current of the northern Indian Ocean. Unlike the Atlantic and Pacific, both of which have strong currents circulating clockwise north of the Equator, the northern Indian Ocean has surface currents that change with the seasonal monsoon.
• West Australian Current (or the Western Australian Current) - is a cool surface current of the Southern Ocean and Southern Indian Ocean.
• West Wind Drift – An ocean current that flows eastward through all the oceans around the Antarctic continent (encircles the earth).
• Pilot Charts depict averages in prevailing winds and currents, air and sea temperatures, wave heights, ice limits, visibility, barometric pressure, and weather conditions at different times of the year (12 months).
• Routing charts are essential for use in passage planning for ocean voyages. They include routes and distances between major ports, ocean currents, ice limits, load lines and wind roses, with expected meteorological and oceanographic conditions for each month of the year.
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