The Bay of Bengal

Today we sail The Bay of Bengal, is bordered by India on the west, Bangladesh on the north, and Myanmar (Burma) and the Malay Peninsula on the east. The area experiences monsoons in both winter and summer. Cyclones—such as the one which devastated the eastern shore of Bangladesh in April 1991—occur in the spring and autumn. From January till October there is a northward flowing current in the bay called the “East Indian Current”. During the rest of the year the current is flowing south westward and is called the “East Indian Winter Jet”.