SYDNEY, FORT DENISON 2

Station Information

Station ID:	196
Latitude:	-33.854667
Longitude:	151.225778
GLOSS ID:	57
Coastline code:	680
Station code:	140
Country:	AUSTRALIA
Time span of data:	1914 – 2011
Completeness (%):	98
Frequency Code:	24
Date of last update:	11 Mar 2013

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 (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: SYDN
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 333: hourly, daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 333: hourly, daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 02-MAY-95 :
station density along some sections of the Australian coast
has meant that station codes 601 onwards have been reordered
compared to those in earlier versions of the PSMSL data set.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 2002Jan10 :
Data in this Sydney, Fort Denison record are true MSL (from hourly
values) unlike the MTL of record 680/141.
The analogue tide gauge was replaced by an acoustic digital gauge
in 1996.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 2002Jan10 :
Sydney, F.Denison 2 680/140 RLR(1972,FD) is 12.7m below PM 101
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 08-Jan-2013 :
From documentation downloaded from NTC primary bechmark is confirmed as
PM 101 (Dept. of Lands) a brass plug 6.647m above datum.
There are two sensors at site both SONIC WATER LEVEL SENSORS and both
Model SR-10

Data Authority

National Tidal Centre

Bureau of Meteorology

PO Box 421

Kent Town 5071

South Australia

AUSTRALIA

=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 12-Aug-2010 :
Formerly known as the National Tidal Facility