Sealevel Station Catalog (SSC)
Station catalog metadata [edit][station overview]
SSC IDSSC-walvi
Station NameWalvis Bay
CountryNamibia
Latitude-22.9492
Longitude14.4986
DateLastModified2015-10-22 19:02:29
Linked codes
CodesLocationLatitudeLongitudeSensors
IOC: walviWalvis Bay-22.949214.4986rad
GLOSS: 314Walvis Bay-22.949314.49856Float, Acoustic
UHSLC: 220Walvis Bay-22.9514.5N/A
PTWC: walv
PSMSL: 914WALVIS BAY-22.94930614.498544N/A
SONEL_TG: 2899WALVIS BAY-22.9493000014.49856000N/A
Distributed metadata source: IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility walvi
GTS station code362856A6
GTS message typeSXXX33
StatusDown
Local ContactNamibian Port Authority ( Namibia )
Other ContactSouth African Hydrographic Office ( South Africa )
ConnectionGTS message
CountryNamibia
Sensor 1
  Type of sensorrad
  Sampling rate (min)1
Distributed metadata source: GLOSS Station Handbook
Time Zone030E, GMT+2hrs
OceanAtlantic
OperationalYes
Responsible countryNamibia
Additional parametersSea temperature (from 1990), Air pressure (from 1990)
Tide gauge benchmarksTrig survey BM 1A1 adjacent Railway Headquarters - UTM grid reference 33 KVE 492622 2008 - BM 1A1 renamed BM 1011
Benchmark relationshipsTide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 0.913m below LLD (MSL) until 31 December 1978 TGZ = 0.900m below LLD (MSL) from 1 January 1979 TGZ = 2.291m below BM 1A1 From 2008: BM 1011 = LLD + 3.770m Chart Datum = LLD - 0.966m
Other relevant codesUHSLC 220
Distributed metadata source: PTWC COMP META file
DCP ID
WMO
Samp Rate
Num# Samp
Unit
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Fst Min.
HAR
Owner
Distributed metadata source: UHSLC
UHSLC id220
SSC idwalvi
GLOSS id314
UHSLC geojsonhttps://uhslc.soest.hawaii.edu/data/meta.geojson
Research quality data version a1959-01-01 - 2015-12-03
RQ basinatlantic
Fast delivery1959-01-01 - 2016-03-07
Distributed metadata source: PSMSL
NameWALVIS BAY
GLOSS id314
UHSLC ID220
Is RLRY
Has RLR DiagramY link
QC FlagY
Old ID427/001
Last Updated2016-04-05
SupplierDIRECTORATE OF HYDROGRAPHY, S.A.
AddressHydrographic Office, Maritime Headquarters, Private Bag X1, Tokai 7966, SOUTH AFRICA
Metric Start1958
Metric End2015
Metric Completeness53.6
RLR Start1958
RLR End2015
RLR Completeness53.6
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IOC Sea Level Station Monitoring Facility - realtime graph for 'walvi'

PSMSL Annual Mean Sea Level for '914'

PSMSL Monthly Mean Sea Level for '914'