WAGLAN ISLAND

Station Information

Station ID: 1698
Latitude: 22.183056
Longitude: 114.302778
Coastline code: 611
Station code: 7
Country: HONG KONG
Time span of data: 1987 – 2023
Completeness (%): 64
Date of last update: 11 Sep 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 2002-01-09

For an analysis of sea level changes in Hong Kong, see "Sea level changes in Hong Kong from tide gauge measurements" by X.Ding et al., Journal of Geodesy, 74, 683-689, 2001 and "Long-term sea-level changes in Hong Kong from tide-gauge records" by X.Ding et al., Journal of Coastal Research, 17, 749-754, 2001.

Documentation added 2019-05-22

The authority HKOPMO have informed the PSMSL that the tide gauge at Waglan Island was destroyed during the passage of Super Typhoon Mangkhut on 16 September 2018.

Data Authority

Hong Kong Observatory
134A Nathan Road
Kowloon

Documentation added 2000-06-08

The Hong Kong Observatory was formerly known as the Royal Observatory.