Oceanic water current that flows northward along the west coast of southern Africa between latitude 15° S and 35° S. It is distinguished by an area of cold upwelling water, and is a relatively weak current, flowing at less than 0.25 m/s.
Geography
The eastern boundary current of the South Atlantic subtropical gyre, which begins as a northward flow off the Cape of Good Hope, then skirts the western African coast equatorwards until around 24–30 °S (Gyory et al. (no date) CIMAS).