GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 267 |
| Station name | Acapulco, Gro. |
| Country | Mexico |
| Time zone | 090W, GMT - 6hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | 16.83333 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | -99.91666 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1952-, due for upgrade 2007 |
| Responsible country | Mexico |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Servicio Mareografico Nacional Instituto de Geofisica Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 04510 Mexico, D. F. MEXICO |
| GLOSS contact | Mexico |
| 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 density |
| Data acquisition rate | Continuous, filtered to hourly heights |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature, sea density |
| Benchmarks | |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | Aux#1: It is 4.5ft west of the tide house, 4.75ft north of the seaward face of the pier, 19.9ft east south east of the center of the easternmost iron bollard and 21.5ft east of benchmark #2. Aux#2: It is 4.75ft north of the seaward face of the pier, 7.6ft south west of the easternmost iron bollard, 25.9ft west of the tide gauge house and 21.5ft west of a line with benchmark 1. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Doodson |
| PSMSL code | 686 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 316 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
