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.
Portpatrick 170/236 RLR(1980) is 11.7m below TGBM NW9976 5421
Documentation added 1993-07-12
Portpatrick 170/236 RLR(1980) is 11.7m below TGBM NW9976 5421
Documentation added 1994-07-20
Gauge was a Lea stilling well from November 1964 until 1989. In July 1990 an "A Class" bubbler was installed.
Documentation added 1997-04-10
RLR(1995) determined to replace RLR(1980)
Documentation added 2001-01-02
Recent work on vertical land movements in the UK can be found from the University of Nottingham web site: http://ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/~eosi/
Documentation added 2013-05-09
There are no MSL's for 2012. This is because the primary channel is recording over 1m high because the stilling well opening is buried in silt.
Documentation added 2014-07-04
There again no MSL's values for Portpatrick 2013. The primary channel, the float gauge is still recording over 1m high. There is also an issue with power to the gauge, when the float gauge loses power it also loses calibration. TGI visited the site 27.02.2013 to carry out general maintenance and change the compressor. The issues with the gauge will be investigated during the next general maintenance visit.
Data Authority
British Oceanographic Data Centre National Oceanography Centre Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA