SIBONEY

Station Information

Station ID: 1162
Latitude: 23.1
Longitude: -82.466667
GLOSS ID: 215
Coastline code: 930
Station code: 16
Country: CUBA
Time span of data: 1966 – 2023
Completeness (%): 83
Date of last update: 05 Aug 2024

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)

Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 239: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 2002-10-23

Siboney 930/016 RLR(1994) is 8.394m below TGBM
The tide gauge at Siboney was seriously damaged by hurricane Wilma last data is that for October 2005.

Documentation added 2016-04-28

The tide gauge at Siboney has now been re-instated.

Documentation added 2016-06-29

Using information recently supplied from Cuba the tide gauge sensors are from 1966 a float recording hourly from 2014 a radar with 6 minute frequency and from 2016 a pressure sensor with 6 minute frequency.

Documentation added 2020-02-06

Historical benchmark information and their relationship to TGZ has been supplied by the Cuban National Tidal Service as follows until 2000 the Primary benchmark was MAR-1 1.2529m above TGZ this was destroyed in 2000. During 2001-2005 Primary benchmark was 023037 1.5207m above TGZ . The station was destroyed by hurricane Wilma in 2005.
The gauge was reinstated in 2014. Current Primary benchmark is SIBO-G 2.829m above TGZ.

Data Authority

Cuban National Tidal Service
Calle 4 No. 304, E/3 Y 3-a
Playa
Cuidad Habana