GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 156 |
| Station name | Tofino |
| Country | Canada |
| Time zone | 120W, GMT - 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 49.15 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -125.91666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1910- |
| Responsible country | Canada |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Mr. G.H. Eaton, Canadian Hydrographic Service, Institute of Ocean Sciences, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, British Columbia, V8L 4B2, |
| GLOSS contact | Canada |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | Yes |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Data acquisition rate | Both the float/stilling well system and the pneumatic bubbler system have digital data loggers (Sutron) |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Controlling benchmark: BM 7,1971 |
| Benchmark relationships | BM 7,1971 is 5.191m above chart datum BM 7,1971 is 3.096m above geodetic datum |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM 3, 1958 elevation 4.036m above chart datum BM 6, 1967 elevation 22.398m above chart datum BM 78C089 elevation 4.671m above chart datum BM 8, 1971 elevation 8.608m above chart datum |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | average of hourly heights |
| PSMSL code | 165 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 542 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Water level information is downloaded daily from one gauge and twice a week for the other. Gauge is tied to controlling benchmarks on an annual basis. Vertical control is also maintained by sight gauge readings. Data available at http://www.waterlevels.gc.ca, http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/Databases/TWL/TWL_inventory_e.htm and http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/meds/prog_nat/benchmark/public/default_e.as |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
