GLOSS Station Handbook – Honolulu, Hawaiian Is.
The GLOSS Station Handbook is currently being re-designed and upgraded.
Until a new version is available, the tide gauge station list below from the last version of the Handbook provides links to further details about each tide gauge in the GLOSS Core Network. Click column headings to sort the station list table. Click the GLOSS number buttons to view the station information.
Station information
| General | |
|---|---|
| Gloss number | 108 |
| Station name | Honolulu, Hawaiian Is. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Time zone | 150W, GMT - 10hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 21.3 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -157.86666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation periods | 1905- |
| Responsible country | U.S.A. |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | NOAA, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281, USA |
| GLOSS contact | USA |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map | |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Air & sea surface temperature, density, barometric pressure |
| Data acquisition rate | Digital gauge: 6 minute interval Analog gauge: hourly heights tabulated |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC | Data 057 File format |
| High frequency data at BODC | Data 108 Document 57468 |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | Data 057a Data 057b Document 057a Document 057b File format |
| Data held at national organisation | Yes |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Real-time data transmitted to GLOSS Fast Centre | |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmark | Benchmark 8(1913) is the primary benchmark (PBM) stamped 'BM ELV 8.06FT' set in a concrete bulkhead on the south west side of Ala Moana Boulevard across from Hawaiian Electric Company Power Plant. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM is 12.25ft above Tide Gauge Zero (Station Datum) NOAA Chart Datum (MLLW) is 3.69ft above Station Datum Mean Sea Level (1960-1978) is 4.54ft above Station Datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 11 additional benchmarks are levelled to the TGBM and the Tide Station on a yearly basis (BM 2, BM 12, BM 13, BM 14, BM B, BM C, BM 10, BM 11, BM 20, BM 21, BM A) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | RLR 155 |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot | |
| PSMSL code | 155 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 057 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 5 December 1993 |
Location map
Honolulu, Hawaiian Is., U.S.A.
Location map
Honolulu, Hawaiian Is., U.S.A.
Real time data plot
Honolulu, Hawaiian Is., U.S.A.
