A 55-year old diver has gone missing near Pulau Payar since 9th August 2007. A Search and Rescue operation involving local agencies and aircraft from the Royal Malaysian Air Force and coordinated by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency is now taking place.
Both sea and weather has been quite bad for the area all the way up to Phuket.
For those going to Phuket in two weeks time, please be advised that weather conditions there are as follows:
20-27 August: mainly thunderstorms. Temperatures max at 32 Celcius and min at 23 Celcius. Southwesterly winds between 20 to 35 km/h and waves of about 2 meters. Thai Meteorological Department has issued the following statement:
Rather strong southwest monsoon prevails over the Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf. All ships should proceed with caution.
And as the 25th August will be 3 days before Full Moon, please be advised that currents will be gradually growing stronger between 25th August, peaking on the 26th until 29th when it would be the strongest, and will begin to grow weaker from 30th to the 31st August.
I shall be able to give full tide tables on the 24th August for the period between 25th August through 31st August.
SeaDemon Says 