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.
The tide gauge at Port Alfred is currently not operational. We have been informed that there are no plans at this time to have it back on the network.
Documentation added 2015-07-27
This year, rather than just sending the latest year of data the complete dataset has been supplied. This has highlighted some differences in the data. From communications in the correspondence file for 2002 it appears that the Oceans and Fisheries meant to supply revised data for the stations supplied. This did not happen. The complete dataset includes these data revisions. Therefore, the whole dataset has now been re-entered. The tide gauge at Port Alfred has now been removed.
Documentation added 2019-06-18
Station Port Alfred was re-installed in mid July 2017 due to some external pressure and the fact that it is a reference port in the Canadian Tide Tables. The new station has been levelled to the previous benchmarks.
Data Authority
Canadian Hydrographic Service 615 Booth Street Ottawa Ontario K1A 0E6