# Water Data Online SOS2

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bureau-of-meteorology/water-data-online-sos2/  
**Provider:** Bureau of Meteorology — https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-meteorology/  
**Base URL:** https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/services  
**Documentation:** https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/

Water Data Online SOS2 is one of 2 APIs that [Bureau of Meteorology](https://apis.io/providers/bureau-of-meteorology/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Water, OGC, and SOS. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

OGC Sensor Observation Service 2.0 (KISTERS KiWIS SOS2) behind the Bureau's Water Data Online, serving time series from water measurement stations across Australia (watercourse level and discharge, storage level and volume, rainfall, surface water quality). Operations advertised by GetCapabilities are GetCapabilities, DescribeSensor, GetObservation, GetFeatureOfInterest and GetDataAvailability.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **GetCapabilities** — https://artifacts.apis.io/bureau-of-meteorology/openapi/bureau-of-meteorology-water-data-online-sos2-capabilities.xml
- **SOS** — https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/services?service=SOS&version=2.0&request=GetCapabilities
- **Documentation** — https://www.bom.gov.au/waterdata/

## Other Bureau of Meteorology APIs (1)

- [Space Weather API](https://apis.io/apis/bureau-of-meteorology/space-weather-api/)

## Tags

Water, OGC, SOS

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