Interactive VietNam wave (swell) map for surfers, (click here) windsurfers and
sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You
can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows,
pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to
display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather
stations on the wave maps in the VietNam region.
The current off south Vietnam travels to land of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.
By EILEEN NG and CHRIS BRUMMITT 22 hours ago
...The oil slicks (click here) were spotted late Saturday off the southern tip of Vietnam and were each between 10 kilometers (6 miles) and 15 kilometers (9 miles) long, the Vietnamese government said in a statement. There was no confirmation that the slicks were related to the missing plane, but the statement said they were consistent with the kinds that would be produced by the two fuel tanks of a crashed jetliner....
This floating debris off Long Island was in fairly quiet water.
The analogy with Air France 447 is probably accurate. Recovery of any kind took time.
The Gulf of Thailand is relatively shallow: its mean depth is 45 m, and the maximum depth only 80 m. This makes water exchange slow, and the strong water inflow from the rivers make the Gulf low in salinity (3.05–3.25%) and rich in sediments.
The varying depths of water moving toward the Java Sea tells me there may be some trenches.
INDONESIA - Kalimantan - South West Coast, Selat Karimata and Approaches to Selat Sunda – Rock. Depths. (click here)
I doubt any water movement will being any debris to depth this quickly. Jets are fairly light in weight. But, working in these waters could mean some surface turbulence not necessarily expected by ships unfamiliar with them, such as China. I would actually expect fishermen to understand these waters and currents better than any military assets. The "Law of the Sea Conventions" extended the coastal waters to 200 miles. I would expect mapping had begun with all these nations, but, may not be detailed or complete yet. The submissions were somewhere around 2008 - 2009.
The current off south Vietnam travels to land of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.By EILEEN NG and CHRIS BRUMMITT 22 hours ago
...The oil slicks (click here) were spotted late Saturday off the southern tip of Vietnam and were each between 10 kilometers (6 miles) and 15 kilometers (9 miles) long, the Vietnamese government said in a statement. There was no confirmation that the slicks were related to the missing plane, but the statement said they were consistent with the kinds that would be produced by the two fuel tanks of a crashed jetliner....
This floating debris off Long Island was in fairly quiet water.The analogy with Air France 447 is probably accurate. Recovery of any kind took time.
The Gulf of Thailand is relatively shallow: its mean depth is 45 m, and the maximum depth only 80 m. This makes water exchange slow, and the strong water inflow from the rivers make the Gulf low in salinity (3.05–3.25%) and rich in sediments.
The varying depths of water moving toward the Java Sea tells me there may be some trenches.
INDONESIA - Kalimantan - South West Coast, Selat Karimata and Approaches to Selat Sunda – Rock. Depths. (click here)I doubt any water movement will being any debris to depth this quickly. Jets are fairly light in weight. But, working in these waters could mean some surface turbulence not necessarily expected by ships unfamiliar with them, such as China. I would actually expect fishermen to understand these waters and currents better than any military assets. The "Law of the Sea Conventions" extended the coastal waters to 200 miles. I would expect mapping had begun with all these nations, but, may not be detailed or complete yet. The submissions were somewhere around 2008 - 2009.
