GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 101 |
| Station name | Wellington |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Time zone | 180E, GMT + 12hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -41.17 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 174.47 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1944- |
| Responsible country | New Zealand |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Environmental Monitoring and Investigation, Greater Wellington Regional Council, P O Box 11-646, Wellington |
| GLOSS contact | New_Zealand |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM K80/4, a stainless steel pin in concrete in the alley between the Prudential Building and the CBA Building in Lambton Quay. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 3.917m below BM K80/4 (TGBM) TGZ = 0.902m below New City Datum TGZ = 3.002m below BM K80/1 |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM K80/1 - a stainless steel pin in concrete under iron cover in Featherston Street at the intersection with Lambton Quay. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Extended harmonic |
| PSMSL code | 221 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 071 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Wellington Harbour has (May 1990) installed a new gauge. UHF telemetry to Wellington Regional Council Offices where they are logged on a Vax system. Data processing using proprietery software. Conversion is available to other formats. Has GPS |
| Nearest Met. station | NZ Met. Service, Wellington |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
