PORT GILES

Station Information

Station ID: 1550
Latitude: -35.021781
Longitude: 137.768319
Coastline code: 680
Station code: 340
Country: AUSTRALIA
Time span of RLR data: 1995 – 2022
RLR completeness (%): 99
Time span of metric data: 1982 – 2022
Metric completeness (%): 71
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.

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 2011-10-20

Using information from the National Tidal Centre (NTC), Australia Port Giles has been made RLR from April 1995 this date was chosen after the data were buddy checked with a nearby station as the earlier data looks suspect. Benchmark is NMV/E/58 5.207m above chart datum. RLR factor is 5.693m.

Documentation added 2021-02-05

Latest data for download from the NTC for Port Giles is that for 2019.

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