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 network modernised, new equipment installed in 1990
Documentation added 2000-04-25
Viker 040/341 RLR(1992) is 10.3m below TGBM (G37 N111)
Documentation added 2012-09-05
For information of sea level rise along the Norwegian coast, see paper " Contributions to sea level variability along the Norwegian coast for 1960-2010 "by K. Richter, J.E.O. Nilsen and H. Drange.
Documentation added 2015-11-17
The PSMSL has been notified by the Norwegian Authority that the tide gauge at Viker is sinking. The rate of sinking has been confirmed as 0.30mm/year. with the supply of the 2014 sea level data a revised dataset beginning January 1991 has been supplied. Future data will be supplied with the correction applied.
Data Authority
Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service Po. Box 60 4001 Stavanger