along the coast. The complicated pattern of upwelllng and wind 

 results in variable current speeds between zero and 1.5 knots near 

 13°42'S and a mean speed of 0.4 knot between 22 "36' and BB^OO'S. 

 Countercurrents may occur near shore. 



Years during which El Nino has been recorded with greater 

 than usual intensity are: I89I*, I9II, I918, 1922, I925*, 1932, 

 1939, 19^1*, 1953, 1957, 1965, 1967. 



^Exceptionally strong 



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