The Seas Around Us: No. 3 – CORAL SEA CURRENTS
| Posted: |
12/08/2021 |
| Author(s): |
Derek M. Burrage |
The South Equatorial Current brings tropical water westward into the Coral Sea between the
Solomon Islands and New Caledonia, then branches near the Queensland Plateau. The East Australian
Current branch flows southward along the Great Barrier Reef to enter the Tasman Sea, while the
northward-flowing branch forms a clockwise coastal current and partially-closed gyre 1n the Gulf of
Papua, with an exit into the Solomon Sea. These currents strongly influence drift on the outer continental
shelf and barrier reef.
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