Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

20 May 2019

PORT LINCOLN

Station Information

Station ID: 230
Latitude: -34.715903
Longitude: 135.870011
Coastline code: 680
Station code: 431
Country: AUSTRALIA
Time span of RLR data: 1965 – 2016
RLR completeness (%): 98
Time span of metric data: 1920 – 2016
Metric completeness (%): 58
Date of last update: 02 Oct 2018

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.

Tide Gauge Data

Plot of monthly mean sea level data at PORT LINCOLN.

Link to larger image of monthly data plot.
Download monthly mean sea level data.

Plot of annual mean sea level data at PORT LINCOLN.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
Download annual mean sea level data.

Download metric sea level data. Use only with extreme caution.
NOTE: If some of the data are red in the plots above, the 'flag for attention' is set. Please see the documentation below.

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 1996-05-17

Data up to 1964 was supplied by the Department of Marine and Harbours, Adelaide.Revised data for 1964-1985 was supplied by the National Tidal Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, South Australia.

Documentation added 2011-10-20

Using information from the National Tidal Centre, Australia Port Lincoln has been made RLR from May 1965 onwards. Data prior to this was not made RLR as it is not included on the National Tidal Centre website. The benchmark does not have a name/number but is described as 'Bolt in concrete at base of flagpole at Harbor Master's office'. Datum is chart datum 4.610m below TGBM. RLR factor is 6.090m.

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