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.
An Aanderaa pressure system installed in 1988 was replaced in January 1989 by an "A Class" bubbler.
Documentation added 1994-09-08
Aanderaa data used for MSL to end of July 1990
Documentation added 2001-01-02
Recent work on vertical land movements in the UK can be found from the University of Nottingham web site: http://ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/~eosi/
Documentation added 2012-05-17
Mumbles has been made RLR. Primary benchmark is TGBM 13.821m above TGZ (ACD).
Documentation added 2014-07-03
TGI visited the site on 06.12.2013 to change the compressor.
Documentation added 2015-06-02
From April 2014 there were problems with power loss due to contractors working on site. There is no data after 12.06.14. TGI were at site 18.06.14 for general maintenance and to investigate the power loss and on 07.11.14 again to carry out general maintenance. The tide gauge is to be re-instated on Mumbles pier during 2015.
Data Authority
British Oceanographic Data Centre National Oceanography Centre Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA