LAMU B

Station Information

Station ID: 2198
Latitude: -2.271667
Longitude: 40.903333
Coastline code: 470
Station code: 14
Country: KENYA
Time span of data: 1995 – 2018
Completeness (%): 95
Date of last update: 29 Jan 2020

Green Arrow: Current Station
Yellow Marker: Neighbouring RLR Station
Red Marker: Neighbouring Metric Station

Please note: In many cases, the station position in our database is accurate to only one minute. Thus, the tide gauge may not appear to be on the coast.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: lamu
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 149: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 149: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 2014-01-30

Lamu B is a new gauge installed by UH in collaboration with Kenya Marine and Fisheries Institute.

Documentation added 2015-10-28

Using the information from the UHSLC levelling Lamu B has been made RLR. Primary Benchmark is UH -1 4.523m above the datum.

Data Authority

University of Hawaii
Department of Oceanography Division of Natural Sciences
1000 Pope Road
Honolulu
Hawaii 96822