ANTOFAGASTA 2

Station Information

Station ID:	510
Latitude:	-23.653056
Longitude:	-70.404444
GLOSS ID:	174
Coastline code:	850
Station code:	12
Country:	CHILE
Time span of data:	1945 – 2010
Completeness (%):	91
Frequency Code:	24
Date of last update:	10 Nov 2011

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

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at ANTOFAGASTA 2.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at ANTOFAGASTA 2.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level 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: UCNF

Station Documentation

=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 03-JAN-96 :
There was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake about 20 km offshore of northern
Chile on 30 July 1995 which produced a tsunami of 1.3 m at Caldera
and which was seen in many records across the Pacific (information
from NTF, Australia).
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 2001Jan26 :
For a review of the new Chilean tide gauge network, see
"Tides in the Chilean Coasts" by Juan J. Fierro, Hydro International,
Jan/Feb 2001, pp.7-9.
TAKEN AS CONTINUOUS RECORD BY TOGA SEA LEVEL CENTER BUT MANY
AD-HOC DATUM CORRECTIONS MADE TO ORIGINAL DATA.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 16-OCT-91 :
ORIGINAL DATA ADJUSTED BY TOGA
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 22-MAR-93 :
DATA RECEIVED FROM TOGA OFFICE
Instrument type: standard mechanical (01/1945 - 02/1987),
Metercraft bubbler (03/1987+)
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 20-OCT-04 :
Data for the period 1945-99 were replaced by a new
data set received from authority (57)
The revised data are not very different. However there are some changes both
to the values and missing day information.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 25-Oct-2010 :
Following a review of the documentation the suspect station flag was removed.

Data Authority

Servicio Hidrografico y Oceanografico de la Armada – SHOA

Errazuriz 254

Playa Ancha

Valparaiso

CHILE

Data

Data Notes