The Benguela Current. The Benguela Current is the eastern boundary current of the South Atlantic Ocean. The Benguela, as we know it today, is only about two million years old.

The Benguela Current is driven by the prevailing South Easterly trade winds of the South Atlantic Ocean. Inshore of the Benguela Current proper, the south easterly winds cause coastal upwelling, ...

Super-groups of up to 200 humpback whales appearing off the coast of South Africa are following changing ocean currents and phytoplankton blooms, a new study has found.

These kinds of shifts may have played a role in declining algal blooms in the California Current, while increasing them in places like the Canary and Benguela currents, the researchers suggest.

Off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, two powerful ocean currents meet. The cold Benguela Current in the west mixes with the warm Agulhas Current at the tip of the continent, resulting in an ...

The Benguela Current, located off the west coast of southern Africa, ... leading to a cooling of surface ocean temperatures in the Benguela region by up to 3 °C.

Named the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem, this stretch of ocean carries significant fisheries in South Africa and Namibia, and support numerous coastal communities in Angola.

Cape Agulhas: the place where two oceans meet, This is the place where the warm-water Agulhas current of the Indian Ocean meets the cold water Benguela current of the Atlantic Ocean and turns back ...

By comparison, maximum current velocities in the Benguela Jet are about 1 knot. Because of its width and depth, the Agulhas Current – like the Gulf Stream – is a major driver of the global and ...