Haunted By Waves As High As 4 Meters, South Banten Fishermen Choose Not To Go To Sea

Fishing boats on the southern coast of Banten in Teluk Labuan Pandeglang TPI did not go to sea due to wave heights in the waters reaching 4 meters.ANTARA/Mansur

BANTEN - A fisherman on the southern coast of Banten since the last four days has not gone to sea due to the wave height in the waters reaching four meters. "We were forced not to go to sea, because we were worried about a marine accident," said Somad (55), a traditional fisherman at the Teluk Fish Auction Place (TPI), Labuan, Pandeglang, Wednesday, June 5, was confiscated by Antara. Based on a report by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the height of the southern coastal wave of Banten ranges from 2.5-4 meters. The height of the wave is feared to cause sea accidents, especially fishermen caught by small boats with a motorbike engine and 1.5 meters long and 1 meter wide. Currently, fishermen on the southern coast of Banten from Carita Beach, Labuan, Panimbang, Sumur, Ujung Kulon, Cikeusik, Binuangeun, Tanjung Panto, Cihara, Panggarangan, Bayah, and Sawarna are forced to be unemployed. This is because the height of the southern wave of Banten, apart from causing marine accidents, is also a relatively small catch. "We and the fishermen here prefer not to go to sea," he said. Likewise, Ahmad (60), a fisherman from Tanjung Panto, Lebak Regency, said that since the last few days the wave height of the southern coast of Banten, the Indian Ocean to the southern part of the Sunda Strait has reached 4 meters. This bad weather has the potential to cause sea accidents, so the boat is shown at the local TPI-TPI while waiting for the weather to return to normal. "We chose to rest while repairing the damaged fishing gear," said Ahmad.

Meanwhile, Head of the Emergency and Logistics Section of the Lebak Regency Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Agust Riza Faesal appealed to fishermen to increase awareness of the height of the southern wave of Banten which reaches 4 meters, tourists are also prohibited from swimming around the beach to avoid marine accidents. "We hope that fishermen are alert to the bad weather on the southern coast of Banten," he said.