California Current

American  

noun

1. a cold current originating in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, flowing SE along the coast of W North America.

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Example Sentences

Sardines, tuna and abalone have all at some point been abundant along the California Current, a 1,900-mile stretch of the Pacific that has been ripe for explorers and fishers for centuries.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

The California Current is only one example of a much broader pattern.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

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.

From Scientific American • Mar. 2, 2023

Murre die-offs have occurred before but never in such numbers and never across three ecosystems, Piatt said, alluding to the California Current System, the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2020

Collecting and processing data on fish eggs and larvae in the California Current region.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David