MALIN HEAD

Station Information

Station ID: 916
Latitude: 55.366667
Longitude: -7.333333
GLOSS ID: 239
Coastline code: 175
Station code: 11
Country: IRELAND
Time span of data: 1958 – 2002
Completeness (%): 95
Date of last update: 15 Jan 2004

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.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: MLHD
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: malh, mali
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 834: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 834: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1992-04-29

New gauge 1/1/91 (OTT HBE 20.501)

Documentation added 1992-09-23

1958-71 fcode=24

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Malin Head 175/011 RLR(1976) is 30.4m below FBM

Documentation added 1995-09-29

Calibration check carried out on 31st August 1993 showed that the readings were 6cm low but it is not possible to say when the error occurred.

Data Authority

Hydrometric Section
OPW
Headford
Co. Galway