what is the ocean current called in finding nemo
East Australian Current In the 2003 Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, the EAC is portrayed as a superhighway that fish and sea turtles use to travel down the east coast of Australia. The characters Marlin and Dory join a group of sea turtles in using the EAC to help them travel to Sydney Harbour. The basic premise of this storyline is correct. Every summer, thousands of fish are swept from the Great Barrier Reef to Sydney Harbour and further south [8], however, the Current is not nearly as rapid as depicted in the film.
North Atlantic Current The colder parts of the Gulf Stream turn northward near the "tail" of the Grand Banks at 50째W where the Azores Current branches off to flow south of the Azores. From there the NAC flows north-eastward east of the Flemish Cap (47째N, 45째W). Approaching the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it then turns eastward and becomes much broader and more diffuse. It then splits into a colder, north-eastern branch and a warmer eastern branch. As the warmer branch turns southward most of the subtropical component of the Gulf Stream has been diverted southward and, as a consequence, the North Atlantic is mostly supplied by subpolar waters, including a contribution from the Labrador Current recirculated into the NAC at 45째N.[2]