GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 314 |
| Station name | Walvis Bay |
| Country | Namibia |
| Time zone | 030E, GMT+2hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -22.9493 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 14.49856 |
| Ocean | Atlantic |
| Observation period(s) | 1958-1974: Kent 1976-1993: Float (Ott) 1994-1998: Acoustic 2008-ongoing: Radar and DCP |
| Responsible country | Namibia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Hydrographer, SA Navy, Private Bag X1, Tokai 7966, South Africa |
| GLOSS contact | Namibia |
| Committed to GLOSS | No |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature (from 1990), Air pressure (from 1990) |
| Data acquisition rate | Float/stilling well - digitised hourly. Acoustic - meaned values recorded at minute intervals, filtered |
| High frequency data at BODC |   |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |  |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | Sea temperature (from 1990), Air pressure (from 1990) |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | Trig survey BM 1A1 adjacent Railway Headquarters - UTM grid reference 33 KVE 492622 2008 - BM 1A1 renamed BM 1011 |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 0.913m below LLD (MSL) until 31 December 1978 TGZ = 0.900m below LLD (MSL) from 1 January 1979 TGZ = 2.291m below BM 1A1 From 2008: BM 1011 = LLD + 3.770m Chart Datum = LLD - 0.966m |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
| PSMSL code | 914 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 220 |
| Additional information | |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
