LAMU

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

Station Information

Station ID: 1872
Latitude: -2.266667
Longitude: 40.9
Coastline code: 470
Station code: 12
Country: KENYA
Time span of data: 1995 – 2003
Completeness (%): 92
Date of last update: 08 Jun 2005

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.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: lamu
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 149: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 149: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Documentation added 1996-10-16

data received via UH SLC
Lamu B is not linked to Lamu (470/011)

Documentation added 1997-11-17

Instrument type: two Handar Encoders (float and well)

Data Authority

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Mombasa Laboratory
P.O. Box 81651-80100
Mombasa