Waves In The Indian Ocean Can Be As High As 6 Meters, BMKG Issues Early Warning

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JAKARTA - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that high waves that can reach 6 meters are predicted to occur in several water areas starting today until Monday, July 25 tomorrow.

The wind pattern in the northern part of Indonesia is dominantly moving from east to south with wind speeds ranging from 7 to 20 knots. Meanwhile, in the southern part of Indonesia, the dominant movement is from East to Southeast with wind speeds ranging from 5-25 knots, Sunday, July 24.

The highest wind speeds were observed in the West Indian Ocean of Sumatra, the southern waters of Lampung, the Sunda Strait, the southern waters of Banten and West Java, the Java Sea and the Banda Sea.

This condition causes an increase in the opportunity for waves as high as 1.25 - 2.5 meters in the northern part of the Malacca Strait, eastern waters of Simeulue Island - Kep. Mentawai, southern Lampung Bay, southern Sape Strait, eastern Sumba Strait, Sawu Sea, southern Flores waters, Ombai Strait, Kupang waters - Rote Island, Karimata Strait, Java Sea, southern Kalimantan waters, Kotabaru waters, Balikpapan waters, waters of Samarinda, northern waters of Madura Island - Kep. Kangean, southern Makassar Strait.

Including the Bali Sea - Sumbawa Sea, the waters of Kep. Selayar, Baubau waters - Kep. Wakatobi, Manui - Kendari waters, southern waters of Kep. Proud - Kep. Sula, the waters of Tolo Bay, the Maluku Sea, the southern waters of North Sulawesi, the waters of Bitung - Likupang, the waters of Kep. Sitaro, the waters of Kep. Talaud - Sangihe, Bacan waters - Obi Island, Halmahera North Pacific Ocean, Halmahera Sea, Banda Sea, southern waters of Kep. Tanimbar, Kep. Kei - Kep. Aru, Arafuru Sea, Jayapura - Sarmi waters, Jayapura North Pacific Ocean.

Then waves in the higher range of 2.50 - 4.0 meters are likely to occur in the northern waters of Sabang, western waters of Aceh - Kep. Mentawai waters, Bengkulu waters, western waters of Lampung, western - southern Sunda Strait, southern waters of Banten - Sumba Island, western part of Sumba Strait, Bali Strait - Lombok - southern Alas, South Indian Ocean East Java - NTT.

Meanwhile, very high waves in the range of 4.0 - 6.0 meters are likely to occur in the western waters of the Enggano Island, the West Indian Ocean of Sumatra, the South Indian Ocean of Banten - Central Java.

BMKG warns of a high risk of shipping safety such as fishing boats (wind speed more than 15 knots and wave height above 1.25 m), barge (wind speed more than 16 knots and wave height above 1.5 m), ferries ( Wind speed more than 21 knots and wave height above 2.5 m), Large Size Ships such as Cargo Ships/Cruise Ships (Wind speed more than 27 knots and wave height above 4.0 m).