Mataram BPBD Sets Up Beach Posts During School Holidays
The Mataram City Government is tightening supervision along the coastline as the school holiday period begins. This step is being taken to anticipate potential dangers from bad weather for tourists and to reduce incidents such as drowning.
Head of the Mataram BPBD, Budi Wartono, explained that his party continues to coordinate with the BPBD Operations Control Post regarding weather developments. Intensive coordination is also being carried out with sub-district and village heads in coastal areas.
“During this school holiday momentum, we are issuing appeals through the EWS. We are utilising the tsunami early warning system located along the beach,” Budi said when confirmed on Sunday (28/6/2026).
In addition to intensifying appeals through the EWS, Budi confirmed that his party has built monitoring posts to ensure the safety of beach visitors.
“Our personnel will conduct routine patrols during this long school holiday. Especially on weekends when tourist visits increase,” he stated.
It is understood that the BPBD has deployed around 20 officers at a number of destination points during the long school holiday period. Specifically for the coastline, BPBD officers will patrol from Mapak Beach, Sekarbela, to Meninting Beach, Ampenan.
“We will deploy 20 officers for mobile patrols,” he explained.
On the other hand, Budi said that current weather conditions are still observed to be sunny and cloudy. “So far it is sunny and windy, hopefully the rainfall intensity will not be too high. But so far it is sunny,” he revealed.
Meanwhile, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) at the Zainuddin Abdul Madjid Meteorological Station has predicted an early warning for coastal flooding in the Lombok and Bima coastal areas from 26 June to 4 July 2026.
Based on BMKG data analysis, the weather in Lembar, West Lombok, from 26 June to 4 July is observed to be sunny to light rain, with wind direction from the east to south at speeds of 5 to 20 knots. Wave heights are estimated to reach between 0.5 metres and 2.5 metres.