Data and Station Information for TURTLE HEAD

Station Information

Station ID:	1749
Latitude:	-10.521667
Longitude:	142.211667
Coastline code:	680
Station code:	28
Country:	AUSTRALIA
Time span of RLR data:	1998 – 2020
RLR completeness (%):	94
Time span of metric data:	1989 – 2020
Metric completeness (%):	93
Date of last update:	05 Feb 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.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at TURTLE HEAD.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at TURTLE HEAD.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution. NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: trst

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1995-05-02

Station density along some sections of the Australian coast has meant that station codes 601 onwards have been re-ordered compared to those in earlier versions of the PSMSL data set.

Documentation added 2010-09-16

Aquatrak sensor installed August 1998. Tide gauge zero is Chart Datum, benchmark PSM 85837 is 6.89 m above it RLR (2009) is defined as 12.1 m below PSM 85837

Documentation added 2021-02-05

Most recent data available to download from the NTC for Turtle Head is that for 2019.

Data Authority

National Tidal Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
PO Box 421
Kent Town 5071
South Australia

Documentation added 2010-08-12

Formerly known as the National Tidal Facility

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

TURTLE HEAD