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.
Buenos Aires 860/151 RLR(1977) is 25.2m below Peristilo de la Catedral
Documentation added 1993-07-29
Anomalously large value in April 1959 - correct as received from authority - also seen in other records (e.g. Isla Martin Garcia PSMSL code 860/171).
Documentation added 1998-10-13
The smoothed, normalized and detrended Buenos Aires monthly mean time series shows a high correlation with the Southern Oscillation Index, presumably through the influence of river flow (Bruce Douglas, private communication, October 1998)
Documentation added 2019-05-07
The current supplying authority has supplied the following information concerning this historic site:- 'This tide station belonged to a government institution until approximately 1990. Currently it belongs to the private company Hidrovia S.A.'
Data Authority
Servicio de Hidrografia Naval Departmento Oceanografia Av. Montes de Oca 2124 1271 Buenos Aires