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Monterey Bay - Forecast Animation   Product Details
latest real-time current maps
 
Description
The animation displays the likely paths that floating objects would take according to predicted currents, based on tidal fluctuations and background flow, over the upcoming 24 hours.
 
How to Read This Map
Initially, floating objects (red dots) are evenly distributed on the map. Their current-driven trajectories are followed for 24 hours. Pink and gray trails mark trajectory paths.
 
Location
Monterey Bay
 
Link to Regional Website
cencalcurrents.org
 
Other Products
Hourly Currents
25-Hr Mean Currents
Drifter Animation
Forecast Animation
 


 


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Ocean currents maps are a product of the Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program (COCMP). The project is funded by the State of California from the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002 and the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002.