FISHGUARD

Station Information

Station ID: 939
Latitude: 52.013222
Longitude: -4.98375
Coastline code: 170
Station code: 183
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Time span of RLR data: 1974 – 1986
RLR completeness (%): 93
Time span of metric data: 1959 – 1987
Metric completeness (%): 88
Date of last update: 18 Mar 1991

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.

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Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: fish

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Fishguard I 170/183 RLR(1982) is 12.3m below BM SM9513 3874

Documentation added 1992-07-14

AUGUST 1976-SEPTEMBER 1977: GAUGE FAULTS RESULTED IN RANDOM DATUM ERRORS
- TREAT WITH CAUTION

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Fishguard I 170/183 RLR(1982) is 12.3m below BM SM9513 3874

Documentation added 1994-07-20

A Lea stilling well gauge was installed in 1958, moved to a new
site sometime before October 1975 (date uncertain).
Fishguard (170/183) was replaced by Fishguard II (170/184).
Fishguard is an historic station last data 1986 see above comment.

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/
PRIOR TO 1963 VALUES BASED ON 8 READINGS/DAY.
STABILITY IN DOUBT UNTIL AT LEAST 1972 AND RELIABILITY IN QUESTION UNTIL
REMOVAL IN 1988

Data Authority

British Oceanographic Data Centre
National Oceanography Centre
Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L3 5DA