SPRING BAY

Station Information

Station ID: 1216
Latitude: -42.545861
Longitude: 147.932722
GLOSS ID: 56
Coastline code: 680
Station code: 199
Country: AUSTRALIA
Time span of RLR data: 1992 – 2023
RLR completeness (%): 100
Time span of metric data: 1968 – 2023
Metric completeness (%): 70
Link to ellipsoid: Available
Date of last update: 01 Feb 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)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: SPBY
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: sprg
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 335: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 335: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1995-05-02

Station density along some sections of the Australian coast has meant that station codes 601 onwards have been re-ordered compared to those in earlier versions of the PSMSL data set.

Documentation added 1996-03-28

Revised data recived from the National Tidal Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia. SEAFRAME station installed 12/05/1991

Documentation added 1996-03-28

Spring Bay is a co-operative station between NTF and NOAA/NOS

Documentation added 2000-04-10

This is a "baseline station" of the Australian National Tidal Facility.

Documentation added 2000-04-10

Spring Bay 680/199 RLR(1996) is 14.389m below SPM8521

Documentation added 2011-10-24

Using information from the National Tidal Centre the RLR diagram has been revised. Primary benchmark SPM8521 is 8.389m above TGZ. Benchmark 9258RM 2 is the NTF tide gauge levelling fixture from November 2008 and is 4.653m above TGZ. The national datum reference AHD is 1.153m above TGZ. RLR factor is 6.0m.

Data Authority

National Tidal Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
PO Box 421
Kent Town 5071
South Australia

Documentation added 2010-08-12

Formerly known as the National Tidal Facility