Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes
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Note that these are real-time data and are not quality-controlled. Long-range graphs are plotted from a randomised subsample of half-hourly data.
Severn Bridge
Additional Information
| Wave radar location | 51° 34.456' N 002° 41.999' W |
| Storm threshold | 0.85 m |
Wave and tide data are measured using a Rosemount WaveRadar Rex, which became operational on 29 June 2011. The instrument is sited mid-span on the Second Severn Crossing, by kind permission of the Severn River Crossing PLC.
| 11/04/2019 | The WaveRadar REX frame was swapped for a new one. |
| 12/01/2016 |
The shore station computer had failed but has now been replaced. |
| 08/01/2016 | The data stream has stopped. Investigations are ongoing. |
| 09/03/2015 | A problem with the phone line is preventing data being transmitted. A BT engineer has been called. |
| 23/09/2014 | There will be a data gap of several hours today due to essential maintenance operations by the SSC |
| 24/10/2013 | Scheduled service |
| 04/10/2013 | The wave and tide data will be unuseable for several days whilst the SSC carries out maintenance operations in the vicinity of the REX |
