Fishermen On South Cianjur Beach Save Boats When High Waves Come

JAKARTA - The Department of Animal Health and Fisheries (DPKHP) of Cianjur Regency, West Java, confirmed that fishermen on the south coast of Cianjur landed their boats to avoid damage due to high waves. Two boats were recorded to be heavily damaged due to being hit by waves.

Head of DPKHP Cianjur Aris Haryanto, quoting ANTARA, Sunday, October 20, 2024, said that his party had received reports from officers in the field regarding two fishing boats on Jayanti Beach, Cidaun District, which were split in two, due to being hit by waves as high as 4 meters.

"We are still collecting data on how many boats were damaged by the waves, it is likely that they will be submitted for assistance, but for the time being, fishermen land their boats to avoid damage," he said.

He explained that two days earlier, about eight boats were lightly damaged and overturned due to being hit by high waves, resulting in minor damage due to extreme weather that has hit the south coast since the last few days.

So that his party alerted officers along the southern coast of Cianjur to carry out surveillance with BPBD and Polair Cianjur Police in line with the high waves that hit the area.

"We place officers to carry out surveillance and urge fishermen not to go to sea because extreme weather will hit the south coast for the next few days, if they can land the boat so that it is not damaged and lost by the current," he said.

Meanwhile, information from a group of fishermen on Jayanti Beach, a number of boats were damaged and capsized after being hit by high waves, two of which were broken and split in half due to hitting the reef and the dock wall.

Fisherman Coordinator Jayanti Gunawan said bad weather accompanied by high waves on the southern coast of Cianjur had occurred for the last three days, so around 400 fishermen stopped fishing to avoid unwanted things.

"The wave height reaches 4 meters, which is usually only 1-1.5 meters, so we also prohibit fishermen from going to sea, and according to orders from the service most of the boats are landed to avoid damage," he said.

He explained that since the last few days a number of boats moored at Jayanti Pier have been lightly damaged, capsized and swept away by the current due to being hit by waves.

"Nelayan suffered losses of up to tens of millions of rupiah, for lightly damaged repair costs of around 1-2 million, if the split in two must be made again at a fairly expensive cost," he said.

He and the fishermen whose boats were badly damaged hoped to get help from the government so that when the weather returned to normal they could still go to sea. "Hopefully they will get the help of a new boat because if it is repaired the cost is quite expensive," he said.