CURRENT is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, temperature, and salinity differences.California Current, surface oceanic current, a southward-flowing continuation of the Aleutian Current along the west coast of North America between latitudes 48° N and 23° N. The California Current is a cold water Pacific Ocean current that MOVES southward along the WESTERN coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia and ENDING off southern Baja California Sur.It is considered an Eastern boundary current due to the influence of the North American coastline on its course. It is also one of five major coastal currents affiliated with strong upwelling zones, the others being the Humboldt Current, the Canary Current, the Benguela Current, and the Somali Current. The California Current is part of the North Pacific GYRE, a large swirling current that occupies the northern basin of the Pacific.Hence, the correct answer is the pacific ocean.