Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

20 May 2019

WAKAYAMA

Station Information

Station ID: 816
Latitude: 34.221667
Longitude: 135.145556
Coastline code: 643
Station code: 15
Country: JAPAN
Time span of data: 1957 – 2018
Completeness (%): 99
Date of last update: 12 Feb 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 WAKAYAMA.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at WAKAYAMA.

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: P117

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Wakayama 643/015 RLR(1976) is 8.8m below Attached BM

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Wakayama 643/015 RLR(1976) is 8.8m below Attached BM

Documentation added 2002-03-26

Wakayama replaced by new gauge on same site July 1980.

Documentation added 2003-11-20

Datum 1996 is 1.037m below Tokyo Peil.
Datum 1998 is 1.042m below Tokyo Peil.

Documentation added 2011-02-24

Sea level profile compares well with that for Kainan.

Documentation added 2012-02-21

A massive earthquake magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14.46 JST (05.46 UTC) on Friday
11th March 2011 with epicentre approx. 70 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of
Tohoku. It was the most powerful known earthquake to hit Japan triggering a
tsunami with waves up to 40.5m and travelling up to 10km inland.

Data Authority

Marine Department
Japan Meteorological Agency
Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo