Loveladies North Beach North Beach Haven Peahala Park Ship Bottom South Beach Haven Spray Beach Surf City Non-Profit Orgs . As the Earth spins in its orbit, the rotational forces cause the oceans to swirl and spin.
Currents flow across the large bodies of water from continent to continent.
Early explorers to the New World were able to use the Atlantic currents to their advantage. Ships leaving Europe rode the waves in a large arc that brought them to the eastern shores of America. However, Nature's gifts are costly. The same Tides that carried sailors to this continent would also claim hundreds of ships as payment. The currents deposited sand on the continental shelf, creating shoals and sandbars hazardous to vessels.