Ocean Current Animations

Global Conveyor Video Animations

Major world ocean currents (loopable)

Global view of world ocean currents (loopable)

Global view of ocean conveyor belt

Ride the world’s ocean currents

Ocean circulation patterns

Australian and Regional Current Animations

Ride the ocean currents around Australia

Australian surface and deep ocean currents (loopable)

Indonesian throughflow (loopable)

Indonesian throughflow Fly-through

Antarctic Circumpolar ocean currents

Source and support

Development of the animations and images has been possible with the support of CSIRO, the Wealth from Oceans National Research Flagship and the Australian Climate Change Science Program, a program funded and administered by the Department of Climate Change.

Acknowledgements

The animations and images were prepared by Graeme Whittle of Pixelcraft Studios, Tasmania. Special thanks to Drs Andreas Schiller, Steve Rintoul and Susan Wijffels in ensuring the most accurate representation of global and regional ocean behaviour.

Terms of use of these images and animations

This material can be used for non-commercial educational purposes subject to credit being provided to CSIRO, the Wealth from Oceans Flagship and the Australian Climate Change Science Program.