Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

11 Mar 2019

WEIPA

Station Information

Station ID: 1157
Latitude: -12.666667
Longitude: 141.866667
Coastline code: 680
Station code: 21
Country: AUSTRALIA
Time span of data: 1966 – 2016
Completeness (%): 78
Date of last update: 02 Oct 2018

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.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at WEIPA.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at WEIPA.

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 (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: WEIP

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1995-05-02

Station density along some sections of the Australian coast has meant that station codes 601 onwards have been re-ordered compared to those in earlier versions of the PSMSL data set.

Documentation added 1996-05-17

Revised data up to 1985 received from the National Tidal Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia

Documentation added 2010-08-24

Data supplier has confirmed that tide gauge zero is LAT, and tide gauge benchmark PSM 15094 is 7.287 m above LAT. RLR (2009) is defined as 12.4 m below PSM 15094

Data Authority

National Tidal Centre
Bureau of Meteorology
PO Box 421
Kent Town 5071
South Australia

Documentation added 2010-08-12

Formerly known as the National Tidal Facility