Australia Highseas

These open waters lie east of the southern Great Barrier Reef, near the Tropic of Capricorn. The East Australian Current carries warm Coral Sea water south along the continental margin. To the west, the Capricorn Eddy can draw cooler shelf water across the Capricorn Channel and into the current, creating a meeting of waters near the Capricorn and Bunker reefs. The current and its eddies connect this offshore sea with waters farther south along Australia.