Tidal Gauge

A tide gauge was operated at Gibraltar for many years (1961-2000) by the UK Hydrographic Office together with the Queen's Harbour Master. That gauge was what was called a 'float and stilling well system' and made a continuous trace of the level of the sea on a paper chart. All the historical data from that tide gauge are available from this web site.

However, as time went on it became apparent that a new tide gauge system was badly needed. In 2004 the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) was commissioned by the Gibraltar Port Authority to provide a state-of-the-art radar gauge system at the North Mole. This provides continuous measurements of sea level in electronic form which are radioed to the port office and by telephone to a data centre at POL. The data are quality checked at POL and then made available via the world wide web to all interested users.

Visit the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL) website.

Weather

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