California Current
The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that starts along the northwestern United States coast and ends on the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.
California Current Media
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Major currents in the California Current System: the California Current (the bulkier, vertical blue line), the coastal jet, the Davidson Current and California Undercurrent, and the Southern California Eddy/Countercurrent.
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The lack of clouds along the coast (and also along the Central Valley of California) is due to an offshore wind blowing drier air from the land offshore.
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Upwelling process off the coast of California bringing cooler, nutrient rich water up to the surface.