GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 59 |
| Station name | Burnett Heads (Bundaberg) |
| Country | Australia |
| Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -24.76666 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 152.38 |
| Ocean | Pacific |
| Observation period(s) | 1966- |
| Responsible country | Australia |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Bundaberg Port Authority, MS 108, Bundaberg, Qld 4670, 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 |
| Data acquisition rate | 10 minute recording interval |
| Fast delivery data at UHSLC |   |
| High frequency data at BODC |  |
| High frequency data at UHSLC | |
| Real-time data available | No |
| Benchmarks | |
| Tide gauge benchmarks | PSM 3853 Brass plug set in concrete kerb of the southern approach to the Bulk Sugar Wharf, Port Bundaberg |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 5.721m below TGBM TGZ = 1.352m below Australian Height Datum (AHD) TGZ = 6.061m below TGBM down from 1/1/94 TGZ = 1.693m below AHD |
| Auxiliary benchmarks | PSM 4504 Standard type brass plaque set in a concrete block beside pipes running from the Oil Terminal to the Oil Berth. PSM 4503 Standard type brass plaque set in a concrete block at the corner of Buss and Powers Streets. PSM 36119 Standard type brass plaque set in a concrete block inside the Bundaberg Molasses Terminal enclosure. |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Hourly means |
| PSMSL code | 1154 |
| Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 59820, UHSLC 332 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Float/stilling well gauges, different locations on same wharf 1960-1976. Float/stilling/well gauge on Tug Berth 1976-1979. Queensland Beach Protection Authority operate analogue and digital recorders at Burnett Heads 2.5km away. Geocentric measurement: Precise ephemeris, single point doppler fix PSM 43534 in 1981 approximately 6km from gauge. |
| Nearest Met. station | Bundaberg Post Office |
| Last updated | 2002-10-16 |