REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BENGKULU - The waves in the West Indian Ocean in Bengkulu may reach a height of up to four meters but its current average height is three meters. Four meters high waves might also prevail up to the waters southwest of Lampung, an analyst of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of the Fatmawati Soekarno Meteorology Station in Bengkulu Harist Syahid Hakim said on Wednesday.
He forecasted, the waves in Bengkulu waters might reach a height of 2.5 meters and the wind in the area would blowing from the east to south at a speed of 5-18 knots. The waves in Enggano waters also reached a height of 2.5 meters, and the wind in the area was blowing from the east to south at a speed of 7-18 knots.