West of Cape Point it is deflected in a northerly direction to form the Benguela Current which runs along the western side of South Africa and South West Africa before turning westerly and merging with the South Subtropical Current.
Intshona yeKapa iphambukela ngakumntla ukwenza umsinga weBengwela, ehamba ngakwicala lentshona yomzantsi Afrika nomzantsi ntshona weAfrika phambi kokuba uphambukele ngasentshona kwaye udibane nomsinga weTropikhali.