Surface currents are generated by

Answer 1

the wind can sometimes be powerful enough to create ocean currents.

Answer 2

Surface currents in the ocean are primarily driven by the wind.

Surface current:A horizontal movement of ocean water that is cause by wind and that occurs at or near the Ocean's surface.

Answer 3

Currents

The regular pattern of winds around the earth creates currents on the surface of the oceans. Earth's rotation, which produces the Coriolis effect, causes surface currents to flow in large rotating loops, called gyres. Since winds in the Northern Hemisphere tend to blow in clockwise patterns, the gyres spin in a clockwise direction. In the Southern Hemisphere, gyres spin in a counterclockwise direction because the winds blow that way also. The alternating current circulation helps spread energy from the Sun throughout Earth's oceans.

Answer 4

Ocean currents can be caused by wind ,density differences in water masses caused by temperature and sanility variations ,gravity ,and events such as earthquakes or storms.

Answer 5

I think wind, but I'm not sure.