Data



Data Notes



Extracted from Database

12 Aug 2019

SWANSEA

Station Information

Station ID: 967
Latitude: 51.616667
Longitude: -3.916667
Coastline code: 170
Station code: 178
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Time span of data: 1960 – 1985
Completeness (%): 43
Date of last update: 25 Oct 1989

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 SWANSEA.

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

Plot of annual mean sea level data at SWANSEA.

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: SWAS
Nearby Real Time Stations from VLIZ: mumb

Station Documentation

Link to RLR information.

Documentation added 1991-06-11

Swansea 170/178 RLR(1961) is 13.1m below TGBM SS 6683 9204

Documentation added 1993-07-12

Swansea 170/178 RLR(1961) is 13.1m below TGBM SS 6683 9204

Documentation added 1993-09-22

replaced by Mumbles

Documentation added 1994-07-20

Replaced by Mumbles (170/179).

Documentation added 1994-09-21

Munro/stilling well installed October 1959

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.

Data Authority

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