This current is formed from the Equatorial Current, part of which is deflected to the north around 10° south latitude, and the rest south between Madagascar and the mainland.
Lo msinga wenziwe ukusuka kumsinga womda mbindini indawo apho uphambukela kumntla ngokujikeleze ishumi lamanqanaba kwisibanzi sasezantsi, ezishiyekileyo kumzantsi phakathi kweMadagaska nombindi nehlaba.