BMKG Warns of Potential Coastal Flooding until April 4, 2025

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned about the potential for coastal flooding in the coastal areas of Indonesia from March 6, 2025 to April 4, 2025.

In a written statement uploaded on its official Instagram account, @infobmkg, this potential flooding is caused by the phenomenon of the full moon on March 14, 2025, and the Super New Moon (the phase of the moon at perigee and new moon) on March 29, 2025. BMKG wrote, "It has the potential to increase the maximum sea level height," as quoted on Sunday, March 16, 2025.

Based on water level data and tidal predictions, this coastal flooding has the potential to occur in several coastal areas of Indonesia, including:

- Coastal areas of North Sumatra
- Coastal areas of Riau Islands
- Coastal areas of West Sumatra
- Coastal areas of Jambi
- Coastal areas of Lampung
- Coastal areas of Banten
- Coastal areas of Jakarta
- Coastal areas of West Java
- Coastal areas of Central Java
- Coastal areas of East Kalimantan
- Coastal areas of South Kalimantan
- Coastal areas of Central Kalimantan
- Coastal areas of West Kalimantan
- Coastal areas of North Sulawesi
- Coastal areas of West Sulawesi
- Coastal areas of Maluku
- Coastal areas of North Maluku

"The potential for coastal flooding generally affects the activities of people around ports and coasts, such as loading and unloading activities at ports, activities in coastal settlements, as well as salt ponds and inland fisheries activities," said BMKG.

Here are the detailed forecast times, according to BMKG.

1. Coastal areas of North Sumatra

 • Coastal area of Belawan: March 13-19, 2025

2. Coastal areas of Riau Islands

 • Coastal area of Batam: March 14-19, 2025 & March 26-29, 2025

 • Coastal area of Dabo Singkep: March 23-26, 2025

 • Coastal area of Karimun: March 14-19, 2025

 • Coastal area of Bintan: March 15-16, 2025 & March 28-29, 2025

 • Coastal area of Tanjung Pinang: March 21-29, 2025

3. Coastal areas of West Sumatra: March 12-14, 2025 & March 28-29, 2025

 • Pariaman Beach

 • Padang coast

 • Padang Pariaman coast

 • Painan coast

4. Coastal areas of Jambi

 • Berhala Strait: March 21-23, 2025

5. Coastal areas of Lampung

 • Coastal area of Bandar Lampung: March 30-April 4, 2025

6. Coastal areas of Banten

 • Northern coast of Tangerang: March 8-9, 2025

 • West Sunda Strait coast Pandeglang, Southern Waters of Pandeglang, and Southern Waters of Lebak: March 30-31, 2025

7. Coastal areas of Jakarta: March 8-11, 2025

 • Kamal Muara coast, Kapuk Muara, Pluit, Ancol, Kamal, Marunda, Cilincing, Tanjung Priok, Kalibaru (North Jakarta)
Muara Angke coast, Penjaringan

8. Coastal areas of West Java
 • Coastal areas of Bekasi, Karawang, Subang, Indramayu: March 8-11, 2025

 • Coastal area of Cirebon: March 6-9, 2025

9. Coastal areas of Central Java: March 7-12, 2025 & March 22-27, 2025

 • Semarang City, Demak Regency, Pekalongan Regency

 • Brebes Regency, Tegal City

 • Tegal Regency, Pemalang Regency

10. Coastal areas of East Kalimantan

 • West Balikpapan coast: March 7, 2025, March 11-21, 2025 & March 26-31, 2025

 • East Balikpapan coast: March 31, 2025

11. Coastal areas of South Kalimantan

 Coastal areas of Kotabaru Waters: March 12-21, 2025

 Coastal areas of Barito River Estuary: March 7-12, 2025 & March 22-27, 2025

12. Coastal areas of Central Kalimantan

 Southern coastal areas of West Kotawaringin: March 8-14, 2025 & March 23-28, 2025

13. Coastal areas of West Kalimantan

 Coastal area of Pontianak: March 10-14, 2025 & March 24-27, 2025

14. Coastal areas of North Sulawesi: March 12-16, 2025 & March 27-31, 2025

 • North coast of North Sulawesi

 • North coast of Sangihe Islands

 • East coast of Sangihe Islands

 • North coast of Talaud Islands

 • East coast of Talaud Islands

15. Coastal areas of West Sulawesi

  Coastal areas of Mamuju Regency, Central Mamuju, Pasangkayu: March 13-14, 2025 & March 29, 2025

16. Coastal areas of Maluku: March 12-16, 2025 and March 27-31, 2025

 • Saumlaki coast

 • Kai Islands coast

 • Aru Islands coast

 • East Seram Regency coast

 • Ambon City coast

17. Coastal areas of Central Maluku: March 18-21, 2025 & March 29-April 1, 2025

18. Coastal areas of North Maluku: March 12-16, 2025 & March 27-31, 2025

 • Morotai coast

 • Tobelo coast

 • Loloda coast

 • Wasile coast

 • Patani coast

 • Gebe coast

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