GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 171 |
| Station name | Tumaco |
| Country | Colombia |
| Time zone | 075W, GMT - 5hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 1.83333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -78.73333 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1953-1989 Float/Stilling well; 1989- (new gauge) |
| Responsible country | Colombia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | IDEAM, Diagonal 97 No. 11-60, Pisa 7 Commutador, Santa Fe de Bogota D.C., Colombia. Tel: +55 1 6356007 |
| GLOSS contact | Colombia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Location map |  |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature, sea salinity, sea density |
| Data acquisition rate | Recording at 6 minute intervals, filtered to hourly heights |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, sea salinity, sea density |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | BM 1 located in upper surface of concrete base; it is set in the second bollard SW of tide gauge house. N.P.103 TS 1 A 4.716 Mts. Del 'O' de la regla (limnimetro) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | BM S-Az A 4.701 mts. Del cero de la regla (LM) BM NP 4 B a 5.755 mts. del cero de la regla (LM) BM 103-TS1 a 4.741 mts. del cero de la regla (LM) BM MP-B a 4.727 mts. del cero de la regla (LM) BM NP-5 B a 5.074 mts. del cero de la reglo (LM) |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Statistical method |
| PSMSL code | 639 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 303 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | 1953-1989 standard tide gauge; 1989 replaced with Fisher Porter analogue to digital recorder |
| Nearest Met. station | La Florida 1948-05 Gja, El Mira |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
