BREST

Station Information

Station ID:	1
Latitude:	48.383333
Longitude:	-4.5
GLOSS ID:	242
Coastline code:	190
Station code:	91
Country:	FRANCE
Time span of data:	1807 – 2011
Completeness (%):	89
Frequency Code:	24
Date of last update:	26 Mar 2012

Green Arrow:	Current Station
Yellow Marker:	Neighbouring RLR 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

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

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: BRST

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.
=========================== BENCHMARK INFORMATION UPDATE ADDED 12-JUL-93 :
Brest 190/091 RLR(1964) is 12.5m below NGF no1
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 21-JAN-07 :
Older data from Brest are taken from the original volumes of
the Publications Scientifiques. In those, 1807-35 are said to
be Mean Tide Level and 1846 onwards true Mean Sea Level.
At Brest MSL is 29mm above MTL (some estimates say 23 mm), see
Woppelmann et al. Ocean Dynamics, 56, 487-497, 2006 (and beware
that the equation top of page 495 should read MTL-MSL).
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 21-Jul-2009 :
All monthly means 1937, 1939-1943 replaced and small corrections
made to 1917 following the work of Nicolas Pouvreau of the
University of La Rochelle.

Data Authority

Service Hydrographique et Oceanographique de la Marine

CS 92803

29228 Brest CEDEX 2

FRANCE