How do currents affect you?

Find the major current that flows past your coast.  Is it a warm current or cold current? 

How do you think the current affects your life, including the climate, the biological life found on your coast, the possibility of the water being warm if you go to the beach?

Procedure
1.  Identify the major current that runs past your coast. 

2.  Is it a warm current or cold current? 

Possible Resource Links
National Buoy Center 
Ships
Ships Database
DEOS Altimetry Atlas 
SeaWiFS Browser

Assessment
Based on lessons learned in this unit, prepare a "Shore Guide" on how do you think the current affects life at your shore, including the weather or climate, the biological life found on your coast, the possibility of the water being warm (or how to predict it) at the beach.