long-wave breaker {comber}|.
small bay {cove}|.
Ocean has water flows {current, ocean}|. Surface currents flow in same direction as wind. Beneath them, surface ocean currents have colder-water counter-currents flowing more slowly in opposite direction.
names
Gulf Stream flows along North-America east coast.
Labrador Current flows past Iceland to England.
Peru or Humboldt Current flows along South-America west coast.
California Current flows along North-America west coast.
Kuroshio Current flows off Japan.
Brazil Current flows along South-America east coast.
Besquela Current flows along Africa west coast.
Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) circles Antarctica and keeps tropic waters out.
Ocean has surface currents {drift, ocean}|.
narrow inlet {firth}|.
open ocean {main}|.
fast outward current {rip current}|.
fast outward beach current {riptide}|.
water area {strait}| between islands, allowing passage.
whirlpool {vortex, water}|.
Intersecting currents cause swirling water {whirlpool}|.
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