Why is the Arabian sea rougher than the Bay of Bengal?

I had the privilege of steaming from Karachi to Bombay on this ship, the SS Flying Clipper, during the Monsoon in 1964 in the Arabian Sea. It was the roughest continuous sea for the entire 5 day run that I had ever experience in my seagoing histor... read more

The Arabian sea is slightly more open from the equator for tidal effects and the Bay of Bengal not so much with the distractive nature of Thailand and Malaysia playing a role. read more

the mixing process over the Arabian sea is higher than the Bay of Bengal due to the prevailing of strong winds over the AS (because of the presence of the mountains of east Africa) than Bay of Bengal (because of the winds over the BOB are sluggish in nature then the AS). read more

Shenoi, S.S.C.; Shankar, D.; Shetye, S.R. Citation: Proceedings of the National Symposium METOC - 2004 on Emerging Trends in the Fields of Oceanography and Meteorology, 05-06 February 2004, 87-93p. read more