The East Australian Current is the largest ocean current close to the coasts of Australia. Its source is in the tropical Coral Sea, North East of Queensland. It moves great quantities of warm water south along our eastern coastline to Tasmania.

This current renews fish stocks, creates nutrient rich upwellings, disperses effluent and marine pollution, provides a warm swimming temperature, assists yachts and ships and more.

Scientists have discovered the EAC:

• ferries up to 30 million cubic metres per second, with a strong influence to 500 metres depth and 100 kilometres width.
• is strongest in summer, peaking in February
• generates huge ocean eddies
• frequently crosses onto the continental shelf and moves close inshore
• causes upwellings where it moves away from the coast
• can be slowed down or be reversed by southerly winds