# NDBC Latest Observations Service

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ndbc/latest-observations-service/  
**Provider:** NDBC — National Data Buoy Center — https://apis.io/providers/ndbc/  
**Base URL:** https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs  
**Documentation:** https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/rss_access.shtml

NDBC Latest Observations Service is one of 5 APIs that [NDBC — National Data Buoy Center](https://apis.io/providers/ndbc/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Latest Observations, Real-Time, All Stations, RSS, and Snapshot. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Delivers a consolidated snapshot of the most recent observation from every active NDBC and partner station, refreshed every five minutes. The flat text file at https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs/latest_obs.txt contains 23 columns (station ID, latitude, longitude, UTC timestamp, wind direction and speed, gust, wave height, dominant and average wave period, mean wave direction, atmospheric pressure, pressure tendency, air temperature, water temperature, dew point, visibility, and tide). Per-station RSS files and a geographic observation search RSS feed are also available. No authentication required.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/rss_access.shtml
- **BaseURL** — https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs/latest_obs.txt
- **BaseURL** — https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rss/ndbc_obs_search.php

## Other NDBC — National Data Buoy Center APIs (4)

- [NDBC Real-Time Data Service](https://apis.io/apis/ndbc/realtime-data-service/)
- [NDBC Historical Archive Service](https://apis.io/apis/ndbc/historical-archive-service/)
- [NDBC THREDDS/OPeNDAP NetCDF Service](https://apis.io/apis/ndbc/thredds-netcdf-service/)
- [NDBC HF Radar Surface Currents Service](https://apis.io/apis/ndbc/hf-radar-service/)

## Tags

Latest Observations, Real-Time, All Stations, RSS, Snapshot

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/ndbc/latest-observations-service/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/ndbc/.