GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
| General | |
| GLOSS number | 76 |
| Station name | Port Elizabeth |
| Country | South Africa |
| Time zone | 030E, GMT + 2hrs |
| Latitude (+ve N) | -33.57 |
| Longitude (+ve E) | 25.37 |
| Ocean | Indian |
| Observation period(s) | 1937- |
| Responsible country | South Africa |
| Authority responsible for tide gauge | Hydrographer, South African Navy, Private Bag X1, Tokai 7966, South Africa |
| GLOSS contact | South_Africa |
| Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
| Operational | Yes |
| Instrumentation | |
| Float | Yes |
| Pressure | No |
| Bubbler | No |
| Acoustic | Yes |
| Radar | Yes |
| Data | |
| Digital data | Yes |
| Additional parameters | Sea temperature (from 1990), air pressure (from 1990) |
| Data acquisition rate | Float/stilling well - filtered hourly. Acoustic meaned values recorded at one minute intervals. |
| 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 PE1 adjacent bollard No. 1 Charl Malan Quay. UTM Grid Reference 35 HLN 732417. |
| Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = South Africa Chart Datum. TGZ = 0.838m below LLD (MSL) until 31 December 1978 TGZ = 0.900m below LLD (MSL) from 01 January 1979 TGZ = 5.299m below BM PE1 |
| Data at PSMSL | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) data | |
| Annual MSL (RLR) plot |  |
| MSL method | Doodson X0 filter |
| PSMSL code | 820 |
| Other relevant codes | UHSLC 184 |
| Additional information | |
| Other relevant information | Values based on GPS have been observed but not finally calculated. |
| Nearest Met. station | Port Elizabeth |
| Last updated | 2002-12-11 |
