WALVIS BAY

WARNING: QCFLAG EXISTS. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION.

Station Information

Station ID:	914
Latitude:	-22.95
Longitude:	14.5
GLOSS ID:	314
Coastline code:	427
Station code:	1
Country:	NAMIBIA
Time span of data:	1958 – 2010
Completeness (%):	50
Frequency Code:	8
Date of last update:	16 Aug 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

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.

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 28-AUG-96 :
For discussions of MSL changes and extreme sea levels around Namibia
and South Africa, see: G.B.Brundrit, S.Afr.J.Mar.Sci.,16,9-17,1995
and S.Searson and G.B.Brundrit, S.Afr.J.of Science, 91,579-588,1995.
=========================== BENCHMARK INFORMATION UPDATE ADDED 12-JUL-93 :
Walvis Bay 427/001 RLR(1964) is 10.7m below BMTrig
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 2000Jun12 :
Data for 1993 deleted as clearly anomalous.
=========================== FOLLOWING PSMSL DOCUMENTATION ADDED 24-Sep-2009 :
Heights of chart datum relative to land levelling
datum in South Africa and Namibia: Walvis Bay
Datum: up to 31st Dec 1978 = -0.913
Datum: 1st Jan 1979 - 31st Dec 1997 = -0.900
Datum: 1st Jan 1998 - 31st Dec 2002 = -0.966
Datum: 1st Jan 2003 onwards = -0.966
Datum is now LAT so unlikely to change.

Data Authority

Hydrographic Office

Maritime Headquarters

Private Bag X1

Tokai 7966

SOUTH AFRICA