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.
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: valp, valp2
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 81: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 81: hourly and daily
Station Documentation
Documentation added 1996-01-03
There was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake about 20 km offshore of northern Chile on 30 July 1995 which produced a tsunami of 1.3 m at Caldera and which was seen in many records across the Pacific (information from NTF, Australia).
Documentation added 2000-03-10
data January 1985 - december 1999 received via WOCE databank (Hawaii) and has had preliminary quality control processing only
Documentation added 2001-01-26
For a review of the new Chilean tide gauge network, see "Tides in the Chilean Coasts" by Juan J. Fierro, Hydro International,Jan/Feb 2001, pp.7-9.