Passage·Planner v1.5 by William Wijaya

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RouteECA / SECACyclone seasonCyclone peakForecast point (wind barb · current arrow)Live storm (dashed = forecast)War risk (JWC)PiracyNo-go areaReefShelter portDrag map to pan · drag the route line to reshape it · scroll or pinch to zoom
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Leg by leg

LegFrom → ToDistanceIn ECASpeedSea timeArrivePort daysDepartSea fuel (m³)Port fuel (m³)ROB arr → dep (m³)

Cyclone / typhoon seasons used

  • Indicative climatology (long-term averages), not a forecast.
  • Typhoons can occur outside these months — the NW Pacific in any month.
  • The equatorial belt is not marked: about 5°N to 8°S. The southern edge is set at about 10°S off Java, Bali and Lombok (direct landfalls there are very rare) and about 9°S around Sumba, the Sawu Sea and Timor (e.g. TC Seroja 2021, TC Cempaka 2017 formed just south of Java).
  • Always follow live warnings (JTWC, JMA, PAGASA, BMKG, IMD, BoM).

Notes & limitations

Planning estimate only — not for navigation. Use official charts and publications for the final passage plan.

Depth & hazards

  • Minimum distance off land is not a guarantee of depth. Shallow banks extend well offshore in the Arafura Sea, the Gulf of Carpentaria and the Java Sea — check soundings on the chart.
  • Shoals, and reefs too small for the 1:10m dataset, are not mapped — add them as no-go areas.
  • Optional seabed-depth shading uses GEBCO data delivered as AWS Terrain Tiles on a grid of about 450 m. It is indicative only, unreliable in shallows, near coasts and around banks, and is not a sounding — never use it for keel clearance.

Distances & routing

  • Distances in nautical miles along a computed shortest safe-water track (0.1° ocean grid from Natural Earth coastlines, smoothed to great-circle legs).
  • Measured as true geodesics on the WGS84 ellipsoid; 1 NM = 1852 m.
  • Expect ±2–4% against published tables such as Netpas or BP Shipping Marine Distance Tables; use them for final voyage orders.
  • Distance shown = shortest track + your distance allowance (%), which covers coastal clearance, traffic separation schemes and berth-to-berth approaches that the shortest track ignores. The shortest figure is shown underneath each leg.

Coastline & distance off land

  • Between 92°E–148°E and 11.5°S–21°N: Natural Earth 1:10m, plus small islands that dataset lacks, taken from terrain data (AWS Terrain Tiles: SRTM, GEBCO and others) — only islets of about 0.3 km² or more, and not coastline pieces or mangrove edges. Other areas use a coarser world map.
  • Islands up to about 15 NM across block their grid square. Routes keep your minimum distance off land where the passage allows.
  • Routes inside this region are planned on a 1 NM grid and checked so they don't cut across the detailed coastline. Passages narrower than about 1–2 NM, and river ports, remain approximate.

Reefs & Torres Strait

  • Reefs from Natural Earth 1:10m are treated as coastline about 1 NM wide inside the detailed region (92°E–148°E, 11.5°S–21°N). That dataset is generalised, so smaller reefs and all shoals are missing.
  • The Great Barrier Reef is drawn as separate reef lines rather than a closed barrier — routes along Queensland must be checked against charts.
  • Torres Strait transits toward PNG and the Coral Sea follow the Prince of Wales Channel (planning waypoints) and the IMO two-way route in the Great North East Channel (MEPC.133(53)) to Bligh Entrance. Compulsory pilotage applies.

Weather & cyclones

  • Cyclone zones and seasons are indicative climatology only (e.g. NW Pacific typhoons May–Dec, peak Jul–Oct). Always follow live warnings (JTWC, JMA, PAGASA, BMKG, IMD, BoM) and weather routing.
  • Live storms come from the GDACS feed (EU Joint Research Centre / UN OCHA), which republishes JTWC, NOAA and JMA advisories, refreshed every 30 minutes. The cone is the forecast uncertainty and the shaded areas are the forecast 60/90/120 km/h wind radii. It is not a substitute for official warnings.
  • Along-route weather is from Open-Meteo (ECMWF/GFS wind; Météo-France/Copernicus waves and ocean currents) for the vessel's ETA at each point, and is only available within the forecast horizon.

Regulatory, security & shelter

  • ECA boundaries (North Sea & Baltic, Mediterranean, North American, US Caribbean) are approximations of the MARPOL Annex VI limits.
  • War-risk areas follow the Joint War Committee Listed Areas JWLA-034 (29 Jul 2026, effective 8 Aug 2026), simplified to polygons — the JWC text and your war-risk underwriters govern, and listings change at short notice.
  • Piracy hotspots reflect IMB PRC Q1 2026 reporting and the ReCAAP Sulu–Celebes advisory.
  • Shelter distances are straight-line to the nearest listed port or My port — save your approved shelter areas to My ports so they are included.

Bunker plan & fuel

  • ROB on arrival = ROB on departure − sea fuel.
  • ROB on departure = ROB on arrival − port fuel + bunkers, capped at tank capacity.
  • Fuel (m³) = sea days (incl. weather margin) × sea consumption + port/site days × port consumption.
  • "In ECA" is the sea fuel pro-rated by ECA distance.