Short-term observations of hourly currents on the continental shelf off Natal Bight, along the east coast of South Africa at location Sez01 (December 2009 - July 2010)

Between 2009 and 2013, multiple short-term mooring deployments were conducted to determine the oceanographic characteristics and variability along the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Bight, along the east coast of South Africa. One mooring (Sez01) was deployed off Sezela, about 79km south of Durban, at a depth of 30m, between June 2009 and July 2010. Three moorings (Dbn01, Dbn02, and Dbn03) were deployed off Durban at depths of 50m, 420m, and 570m, respectively, between January 2009 and September 2010, and two moorings (RiB01 and RiB02) were deployed off Richards Bay at depths of 30m and 580m, respectively, between February 2009 and September 2010. These moorings measured currents, as well as sub-surface and bottom temperatures across the continental shelf and along the continental slope of the KZN Bight. Here we present processed magnitude and direction of hourly currents throughout the water column (4.52 - 20.52m) from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at location Sez01 (30.42°S; 30.69°E) on the continental shelf off Sezela, between December 2009 - July 2010.