CURRENTS
The current of monsoonal origin but tend to follow the trend of the coast. During northeast monsoon, from September to December southwesterly set with rates from 0,5 kn to 2 kn are experienced maximum being in September. During the rest of the year, northwesterly sets with rates from 0,5 kn to1,5 kn are experienced maximum being in May. For further information see INP – 2 (Bay of Bengal Pilot).
OMISSION OF CERTAIN NAVIGATIONAL AIDS
Certain lights, wrecks, buoys and beacons have been omitted from this chart; for details of these, the larger scale charts and the list of lights should be consulted.