Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

22 Apr 2019

FISHGUARD

Station Information

Station ID: 939
Latitude: 52.013222
Longitude: -4.98375
Coastline code: 170
Station code: 183
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Time span of RLR data: 1974 – 1986
RLR completeness (%): 93
Time span of metric data: 1959 – 1987
Metric completeness (%): 88
Date of last update: 18 Mar 1991

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 FISHGUARD.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at FISHGUARD.

Link to larger image of annual data plot.
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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: fish

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Fishguard I 170/183 RLR(1982) is 12.3m below BM SM9513 3874

Documentation added 1992-07-14

AUGUST 1976-SEPTEMBER 1977: GAUGE FAULTS RESULTED IN RANDOM DATUM ERRORS
- TREAT WITH CAUTION

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Fishguard I 170/183 RLR(1982) is 12.3m below BM SM9513 3874

Documentation added 1994-07-20

A Lea stilling well gauge was installed in 1958, moved to a new
site sometime before October 1975 (date uncertain).
Fishguard (170/183) was replaced by Fishguard II (170/184).
Fishguard is an historic station last data 1986 see above comment.

Documentation added 2001-01-02

Recent work on vertical land movements in the UK can be found from
the University of Nottingham web site:
http://ukcogr.iessg.nottingham.ac.uk/~eosi/
PRIOR TO 1963 VALUES BASED ON 8 READINGS/DAY.
STABILITY IN DOUBT UNTIL AT LEAST 1972 AND RELIABILITY IN QUESTION UNTIL
REMOVAL IN 1988

Data Authority

British Oceanographic Data Centre
National Oceanography Centre
Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L3 5DA