Beautiful coral reefs in Karimun Jawa (Indonesian)

karimunjava or Karimun Jawa is an archipelago of 27 islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Jepara. The islands' name means 'a stone's throw from Java' in Javanese . They have a total land area of 78 km². The main island is known as Karimun (2,700 ha), while the second-largest island is Kemujan (1,400 ha). The Karimunjava islands are a subdistrict made up of five villages (Karimun, Kamagin, Kemujan, Digimon, and Parang) which is s part of theJepara district (kabupaten) of Central Java province. The island of Bawean lies east of this group, as part of Gresik district, East Java province. like this.

The archipelago consists predominantly of pre-Tertiary continental islands primarily of quartzites and shales covered by basaltic lava. Geologically, the islands are part of Sundaland. The islands have extensive fringing and patchy reefs coral reefs.

The best time to visit the islands is during the dry season, generally from April to October. The islands are influenced by the northwest monsoon during which winds from the west-northwest predominate and ocean currents are in an easterly direction. During the monsoon, rainfall averages 40 mm/day. During the southeast monsoon, dry winds from the east-southeast predominate and the ocean currents are in a westerly direction bringing water masses from the Flores Sea. Upwelled water masses during the southeast monsoon from the Flores and Banda Seas provides lower sea surface temperatures than during the northeast monsoon. The shallow slopes (5° to 15°) of the island shelves in the Java Sea (which rarely exceeds a depth of 55 m), provide environments for extensive reef development. Climate Tropical, It is hot here in the dry season (approximately April to October) and wet and humid in the rainy season (December to March).

The island beaches and beautiful coral reefs. Island - island in karimun jawa most sandy white, And hence it is ideal for the activity sunbathe, diving and fishing

Tour activity that is appropriate will be done in karimun Java :