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.
Santa Barbar, California is a new station data and metadata downloaded from NOAA. Station made RLR Primary benchmark is 1340 S 2005 4.141m above TGZ. RLR factor 5.159m.
Documentation added 2012-09-18
For information: Data values during the early 1980's appear to be particurlarly high. This phenomenon could be due to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)as it is mirrored all along the Californian coast.
Documentation added 2014-03-11
The datum has changed to be Mean Lower Low Water. Using the NOAA datum sheet the RLR diagram has been revised.Reference benchmark remains the same but the RLR factor has changed beacause of this.