Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

04 Feb 2019

CALDERA

WARNING: QCFLAG EXISTS. PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION.

Station Information

Station ID: 619
Latitude: -27.066667
Longitude: -70.833333
Coastline code: 850
Station code: 21
Country: CHILE
Time span of data: 1950 – 1991
Completeness (%): 97
Date of last update: 19 Nov 1992

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 CALDERA.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at CALDERA.

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 Real Time Stations from VLIZ: cald, cald2
Fast Delivery Data from UHSLC station 88: hourly and daily
Research Quality Data from UHSLC station 88: hourly and daily

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Caldera 850/021 RLR(1990) is 9.4m below BM DHN No 1. Caldera is an historic station last data 1991

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 2001-01-26

For a review of the new Chilean tide gauge network, see "Tides in the Chilean Coasts" by Juan J. Fierro, Hydro International,Jan/Feb 2001, pp.7-9. Coastline prone to earthquake activity;
Data possibly affected as a result. Data 1950-1970 revised in April 1991

Data Authority

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