GLOSS Station Handbook – Walvis Bay

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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	314
Station name	Walvis Bay
Country	Namibia
Time zone	030E, GMT+2hrs
Latitude (+ve N)	-22.9493
Longitude (+ve E)	14.49856
Ocean	Atlantic
Observation periods	1958-1974: Kent 1976-1993: Float (Ott) 1994-1998: Acoustic 2008-ongoing: Radar and DCP
Responsible country	Namibia
Authority responsible for tide gauge	Hydrographer, SA Navy, Private Bag X1, Tokai 7966, South Africa
GLOSS contact	Namibia
Committed to GLOSS	No
Operational	Yes
Instrumentation
Float	Yes
Pressure	No
Bubbler	No
Acoustic	Yes
Radar	No
Data
Digital data	Yes
Additional parameters	Sea temperature (from 1990), Air pressure (from 1990)
Data acquisition rate	Float/stilling well - digitised hourly. Acoustic - meaned values recorded at minute intervals, filtered
High frequency data at BODC	Data 314 Document 76883
High frequency data at UHSLC	Data 220a Document 220a File format
Real-time data available	No
Additional parameters (real-time)	None
Benchmarks
Tide gauge benchmark	Trig survey BM 1A1 adjacent Railway Headquarters - UTM grid reference 33 KVE 492622 2008 - BM 1A1 renamed BM 1011
Benchmark relationships	Tide 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
Data at PSMSL
Annual MSL (RLR) data	RLR 914
Annual MSL (RLR) plot
MSL method	Doodson X0 filter
PSMSL code	914
Other relevant codes	UHSLC 220
Additional information
Last updated	11 December 2002