Mohammad Dibajnia - Collaborating Researcher, Inst. of Geophysics, Univ. of Tehran, Iran
Morteza Jedari Attari - Project engineer, Middle East Water and Environment Co., Tehran, Iran
Arash Bakhtiari - Project engineer, ditto
Mohammad Hossein Nemati - Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization, Tehran, Iran

The southeast coast of Iran bordering the western Makran region is exposed to the Indian Ocean (see Figure 1) and is directly affected by the climate and hydrodynamic processes of this ocean. Measurements of currents by the Port and Maritime Organization (PMO) in 2006-7 around Chabahar and by the Iranian Fishery Organization in 2008 at Zarabad, have shown the presence of oscillating ocean currents along this coastline. The oscillation period of these currents varies approximately from 3 days to a week. They are typically strong through the water column with the near-bed current velocity reaching up to 0.5 m/s at 20~30 m depth. In 2014, the Iranian Makran coastline was selected by the PMO to be studied as the Phase 6 in the series of Monitoring and Modelling Studies of Iranian Coasts. Makran Coast plays an important role in country’s future navigation and trade due to its accessibility.