GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 51 |
| Station name | Port Hedland |
| Country | Australia |
| Time zone | 120E, GMT + 8hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -20.31666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 118.56666 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | 1960; 1966- |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Port Hedland Port Auth., PO Box 2, Port Hedland, WA 6721. Dept. of Transport, Marine Division, PO Box 402, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia |
| GLOSS contact | Australia |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | No |
| Radar | No |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | None |
| Data acquisition rate | 5 minute samples |
| High frequency data at UHSLC |    |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Additional parameters (real-time) | None |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | DMH 101: A brass plaque set into concrete deck of No. 3 Berth beneath the salt gantry. It replaces A110 which was destroyed. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 9.761m below TGBM (1989 onwards) TGZ = 4.132m below Australian Height Datum (AHD) |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | A108: A PWD bronze plaque set in concrete decking of No. 1 Berth. A109: A PWD bronze plaque set in concrete decking of No. 1 Berth beneath the lighting tower at the south end of the berth. PH1: A PWD plaque set in concrete block in front of the PWD office, Anderson Street. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 189 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 62590, UHSLC 169 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Float/stilling well gauge 1901-1912 Float/stilling well gauge 1912-1961 Float/stilling well gauge 1961-1969 on No.2 Wharf Float/stilling well gauge 1969- on No.3 Wharf Datum was raised by 0.579m on 01 Apr 1963, then lowered by 1.000m on 01 Jan 1975. |
| Nearest Met. station | Port Hedland Airport |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |