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Limits RegistryThe Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which flows unbroken around Antarctica and connects the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, carries an estimated 100-170 Sverdrups of water through the Drake Passage — more than 100 times the combined flow of every river on Earth — making it by far the largest ocean current by volume transport. Its exact transport estimate has been revised upward across studies as measurement techniques have improved, so the figure should be read as an active area of oceanographic research rather than a single settled number.
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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which flows unbroken around Antarctica and connects the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, carries an estimated 100-170 Sverdrups of water through the Drake Passage — more than 100 times the combined flow of every river on Earth — making it by far the largest ocean current by volume transport. Its exact transport estimate has been revised upward across studies as measurement techniques have improved, so the figure should be read as an active area of oceanographic research rather than a single settled number.
The greatest estimated volume of water transported by any single ocean current, measured in Sverdrups (1 Sv = 1 million m³/s).
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Limits Registry. LR-STRONGEST-OCEAN-CURRENT-TRANSPORT. Largest ocean current by volume transport. 2026.