Currents leading from the Spill to the Gulf Stream

I have been surprised by the path that the oil slick has taken, until I looked at the images on this website from the University of Miami: http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/spaghetti-speed/florida.jpg

The Gulf Stream originates as a loop current coming north from the Yucatan and turning south at a point roughly several hundred kilometers south of Pensacola, FL. It turns east at the north Coast of Cuba and then mostly runs north to Florida as the Gulf Stream, with a small stream slipping between the Bahamas and Cuba and running ESE.

The oil will stay mostly contained near the coast of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama until it spreads into that loop current and begins to enter the Gulf Stream. If they can contain it within the gulf, they can likely save a great deal of marine life.

I will post a link to a forecast from an oceanographer as soon as I can find one.