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.
Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: PTLD
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: porl
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 129: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 129: hourly and daily
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 1996-05-09
Revised data for 1982 received from the National Tidal Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia. SEAFRAME station installed 23/07/1991
Documentation added 2000-04-10
This is a "baseline station" of the Australian National Tidal Facility.
Documentation added 2000-04-10
Portland 680/231 RLR(1995) is 9.950m below PM(390)/BM38-81
Documentation added 2010-08-26
New information from National Tidal Centre and Geoscience Australia: Australian Height Datum (AHD) is 0.507 m above tide gauge zero Primary benchmark Portland PM 116 is 8.662 m above AHD RLR definition updated: RLR (1995) is 15.669 m below PM 116
Documentation added 2011-10-24
Using information from the National Tidal Centre, Australia the RLR diagram has been revised. Benchmark PM116 is 9.169m above TGZ. The SEAFRAME sensor recovery benchmark (SSBM) is 3.425m above TGZ. RLR factor is 6.5m.
Data Authority
National Tidal Centre Bureau of Meteorology PO Box 421 Kent Town 5071 South Australia