Manly Hydraulics Laboratory - Major Data Collection Programs: NSW Department of Commerce

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

The Manly Hydraulics Laboratory (MHL) manages and operates the New South Wales coastal environmental data programs. This involves a quality assured, holistic approach to the collection, collation, analysis and delivery of a continuous time series of environmental data. MHL provides specialist services in the area of water, coastal and environmental solutions. MHL is a business unit within the NSW Department of Commerce. MHL has a quality system certified to AS/NZS ISO 9001: 1994-2000. Areas of expertise include: investigation of oceanographic, coastal, estuarine and riverine processes; environmental and water quality studies, data aquisition and field surveys; design and testing of water engineering structures and equipment; and development and operation of physical and numerical models. NHL measures the latest wave height, ocean tides, sea surface temperature, water level, rainfall and barometric pressure off the coast and within NSW. Please note not all data is available online, latest observations only.

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Title Manly Hydraulics Laboratory - Major Data Collection Programs: NSW Department of Commerce
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/955e0a43-b3bd-478f-ab09-e3bf20eb61a8
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
data-request@mhl.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 30/03/2015
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Manly Hydraulics Laboratory - Major Data Collection Programs: NSW Department of Commerce". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/manly-hydraulics-laboratory-major-data-collection-programs-nsw-department-of-commerce1