Hopefully this situation will improve quickly, and tourists can return to their respective places.
More than 700 tourists were trapped in Karimunjawa due to high waves that hit the waters of Karimunjawa and North Central Java. The reason is, due to the high waves, KMP Siginjai, KMP Kartini and the Maritime Express Ship could not make the voyage.
The coordinator of the Syahbandar Shipping Safety KPLP post at the Kartini Jetty Jepara, Miswan explained, the hundreds of tourists who were trapped were the result of the last departure of the three ships that were the mainstay of the deployment to Karimunjawa. When the last departure to Karimunjawa, the three ships were full of passengers, dominated by tourists.
“KMP Siginjai and Express Bahari are at Kartini Pier. Meanwhile, KMP Kartini is still in Karimunjawa. Even though today, Express Bahari and KMP Siginjai are scheduled to carry out a round-trip (PP) cruise,” said Miswan, Friday (2/1).
According to Miswan, the accumulation of passengers was caused by tourists staying a few days in Karimunjawa to celebrate the new year. Meanwhile the ship cannot operate as scheduled.
KMP Siginjai last sailed from Karimunjawa on Thursday. Meanwhile, Express Bahari made its last voyage from Karimunjawa on Wednesday. Meanwhile, KMP Kartini, which departed from Semarang on Wednesday, is currently still trapped in Karimunjawa. Though scheduled for Thursday KMP Kartini sailed to Jepara.
“According to the information from the captain of the Siginjai ship after sailing from Karimunjawa on Thursday afternoon yesterday, the waves in the middle of the ocean were much higher than the BMKG estimate, which recorded only wave heights. The waves in the middle of the ocean reach three meters,” said Miswan.
Saturday (3/1) tomorrow, the three ships will also certainly not be able to sail. Based on data from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) received by Jepara Beach Radio, the wave height on Saturday is estimated to reach an average height of 2.0 to 2.5 meters, with a maximum height of 2.0 to 3.5 meters for waters. Karimunjawa. The wind speed reaches 20 knots.
For the northern waters of Central Java, the average wave height reaches 0.5 to 2.0 meters, a maximum of 2.0 to 3.0 meters with wind speeds between 15-18 knots. The direction of the wind that causes large waves to hit is from the northwest. High waves are expected to persist until Sunday (4/1) tomorrow.
Copied from online newspaper Suara Merdeka.
