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Brazilian Coastal Current
A relatively slow but highly energetic coastal current, flowing in the opposite direction to the Brazil Current. The BCC occurs over the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf during from spring through winter, reaching its most northerly extreme at 25.2°S in August. After de Souza and Robinson (2004).
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