BOOBY ISLAND

Station Information

Station ID: 1268
Latitude: -10.60255
Longitude: 141.910133
GLOSS ID: 61
Coastline code: 680
Station code: 25
Country: AUSTRALIA
Time span of data: 1970 – 2023
Completeness (%): 75
Date of last update: 01 Feb 2024

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)

Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 336: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 336: hourly and daily

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 1996-05-20

Revised data for 1970-91 received from the National Tidal Centre, South Australia

Documentation added 1998-01-23

Current type of gauge=float stilling well + pneumatic bubbler MACE electronic solid state recording system installed in May 1991

Documentation added 2002-05-27

Booby Island 680/025 RLR(2000) is 14.7m below BM NMV/B/458

Documentation added 2013-01-07

Site comprises a wooden hut on Booby Island and a concrete column. Gauge type is currently an Acoustic-in-air Aquatrak model 4100

Documentation added 2021-02-03

As well as adding the data for 2020 data value for June 2019 has also been revised.

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