Taiwan is building a radar network around its coast to watch waves and currents in real time, a step that should make its waters safer for shipping, rescue crews, and disaster planning.

• New wave-and-current radar stations at Kaohsiung's Qijin and Tainan's Yuguang Island have their main equipment installed and are now being tested.
• The network already has 27 stations ringing the island, covering the north coast, northeast corner, waters south of Penghu, and the Hengchun Peninsula.
• Once finished, coverage of ocean currents will grow from about 155,000 to 210,000 square kilometers.
• The system watches a whole stretch of sea at once instead of a single point, and will pair the data with AI analysis for live, detailed readings.
• The immediate job is checking that the new stations produce stable, reliable data before linking them together.

Outlook: More stations are planned for Taitung and Penghu, with the main build-out due to wrap up in 2028.