[sandpaper26]

Currents are relatively unrelated to tides, and are fairly consistent over time (with some seasonal variation due to differences in hemispheric temperatures).

From [1], "the large scale prevailing winds drive major persistent ocean currents..." Keyword is persistent.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current

[salawat]

Everything is fairly consistent until you monitor it 24/7, and put a bunch of junk in the way to extract meaningful work.

That's when life starts taking on a surprising level of detail that no one ever stared long enough to notice before.

[stjohnswarts]

I imagine that's one goal of the project? I can't imagine that there hasn't been a shit ton of experiments with "deep" sea currents before this power experiment. I mean it's dead obvious and they wouldn't have ponied up the cash for this if ocean currents were all over the place.