KARWAR

Station Information

Station ID: 1273
Latitude: 14.8
Longitude: 74.116667
Coastline code: 500
Station code: 67
Country: INDIA
Time span of data: 1970 – 2021
Completeness (%): 61
Date of last update: 23 Nov 2023

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.

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Karwar 500/067 RLR(1971) is 12.8m below BM 172

Documentation added 1994-08-04

For a discussion of interannual variability of sea level along the coasts of Pakistan and India, see Clarke and Liu, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 24, 1224, 1994.

Documentation added 2002-12-06

SMRC Newsletter Jul-Dec 2001 reports high E coast correlation with SOI and MSL. MSL is much higher during La Nina tropical cyclones than during El Nino.

Documentation added 2014-05-21

2009 data for Karwar has been supplied by Survey of India. Last previous data 2004. From the data sheet data still refers to Chart Datum but primary benchmark has changed. "009 data added to dataset. RLR diagram revised with new benchmark details.

Data Authority

Survey of India
Geodetic and Research Branch
17 E.C. Road
Dehra Dun
PIN 248 001