Data and Station Information for ZEEBRUGGE

Station Information

Station ID:	470
Latitude:	51.35
Longitude:	3.2
Coastline code:	160
Station code:	11
Country:	BELGIUM
Time span of data:	1942 – 2024
Completeness (%):	74
Date of last update:	15 Jan 2025

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 ZEEBRUGGE.

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Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at ZEEBRUGGE.

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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 GNSS Stations from SONEL: ZEEB
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: zldw, blkw, zwdw, mpaw

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation - date unknown

DATA FROM 2 SITES; 1961 - 1962 VALUES BASED ON 8 READINGS PER DAY

Documentation added 2000-02-25

Zeebrugge 160/011 RLR(1974) is 11.5m below BM RF-Z1

Documentation added 2011-09-05

There seems to have been some confusion regarding the RLR factor for Zeebrugge following the introduction of the TAW datum in 1981. Previouly RLR factor 4.715m was added to the data. From the correspondence file this now appears in error,from 1981 data onwards the RLR factor has been reset to 4.735m, the data have been adjusted.

Documentation added 2012-07-19

While preparing the 2010 data for entry it was noticed that for some of the data values for 2008/9 the non Doodson filtered values had been used. These were replaced by the Doodson filtered values.

Documentation added 2014-01-20

When supplying the data for Zeebrugge for 2011/2012 the authority has told us that there has been subsidence in the area of the tidal sensor. The data has been corrected for this and the area now made stable. The area is to be monitored.

Data Authority

Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services
Flemish Hydrography
Vrijhavenstraat 3
8400 Oostende

Documentation added 2008-12-10

This authority was formerly called
Afdeling Waterwegen Kust.

Data

Data Notes

Extracted from Database

ZEEBRUGGE