Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

01 Jul 2019

VALPARAISO

WARNING: QCFLAG EXISTS. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION.

Station Information

Station ID: 499
Latitude: -33.027222
Longitude: -71.625833
GLOSS ID: 175
Coastline code: 850
Station code: 31
Country: CHILE
Time span of data: 1944 – 2018
Completeness (%): 87
Date of last update: 15 May 2019

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 VALPARAISO.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at VALPARAISO.

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.

Additional Data Sources (guide to additional data sources)

Nearby GNSS Stations from SONEL: VALP, VALN
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: valp2, valp3
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 81: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 81: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Valparaiso 850/031 RLR(1990) is 11.0m below BM DHN No 2

Documentation added 1993-07-29

Record full of unexplained datum shifts.

Documentation added 1996-01-03

There was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake about 20 km offshore of northern Chile on 30 July 1995 which produced a tsunami of 1.3 m at Caldera and which was seen in many records across the Pacific (information from NTF, Australia).

Documentation added 2004-10-20

Data for the period 1944-91 were replaced by a new data set received from authority (57)

Documentation added 2011-11-16

An earthquake registering 8.8 on the Moment Magnitude Scale occurred off the coast of Central Chile on 27.2.2010 at 03.34 local time (06.34UTC).

Data Authority

Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy
Errazuriz 254
Playa Ancha
Valparaiso