ABU SAFAH

WARNING: METRIC STATION
THIS IS NOT RESEARCH QUALITY DATA.
USE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

Station Information

Station ID: 1688
Latitude: 26.95
Longitude: 50.5
Coastline code: 482
Station code: 33
Country: SAUDI ARABIA
Time span of data: 1986 – 1997
Completeness (%): 79
Date of last update: 10 Mar 1999

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

Documentation added 1994-05-05

UP TO 1993 (JULY) OTT GAUGE, SINCE 1993 (AUGUST) SONAR RESEARCH GAUGE

Data Authority

Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Industrial and Environmental Affairs
Box 5000/r-2321 Adm. Bldg
Dhahran

Documentation added 2002-07-11

Data supplied for ARAMCO gauges 482/031,036,042,045,047,048 suspect
end of 1994-1995 and data removed from database. Private comparison
of data with those at Bushehr and Bandar Abbas, Iran show only expected
tidal data. See email reference 12th June 2002.