GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 122 |
| Station name | Suva |
| Country | Fiji |
| Time zone | 180E, GMT + 12hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -18.13333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 178.43333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1975-1988 Float/stilling well 1989- Acoustic added |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | National Tidal Centre, Australia (see GLOSS Contact Points). |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Barometric pressure, wind speed & direction, air & water temperature |
| Data acquisition rate | Recorded at 6 minute intervals |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | Yes |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Barometric pressure, wind speed & direction, air & water temperature |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | NOS benchmark disk stamped '1 1989' set in concrete sea wall of the dockat Kings Wharf near the Ports Authority Office Building. |
| Benchmark relationships | TGBM = 8.89 feet above mean lower low water (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 6.64 feet above mean sea level (1960-1978 epoch) TGBM = 4.71 feet above mean high water (1960-1978 epoch) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | 2 1989 Screw 6 unstamped 3 1989 Screw 7 unstamped 4 1989 Screw 8 unstamped 5 1989 1-TG unstamped: brass screw inset in triangle 2ft S of tide house and 1.5 ft from edge of wharf |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 1327 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 67050, UHSLC 018 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | A gauge was maintained on behalf of the TOGA Sea Level Center until it was withdrawn in May 1989 (PSMSL Code 742/013 1975-1989). A gauge at Kings Wharf was destroyed in Nov 1983 and the station was relocated to Walu Bay Naval Facility (operated by Univ. Hawaii). There was an overlap of 3 months with the new NOAA gauge and the Walu gauge. PSMSL also hold data from another gauge (PSMSL Code 742/011 1960-1961,1964). NTF took over the gauge from NOAA in November 1997. |
| Nearest Met. station | Laucala Bay, Suva |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |
