# CO-OPS Data Retrieval API (Tides & Currents)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/co-ops-data-api/  
**Provider:** NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — https://apis.io/providers/noaa-gov/  
**Base URL:** https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod  
**Documentation:** https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/

CO-OPS Data Retrieval API (Tides & Currents) is one of 24 APIs that [NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](https://apis.io/providers/noaa-gov/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Ocean, Tides, Currents, Water Level, and Marine. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) Data API returns water-level observations, tide predictions, currents, meteorological observations, and operational forecast model output (NOS OFS nowcasts) for over 200 stations along US coasts, the Great Lakes, and US territories. Supports XML, JSON, and CSV with selectable datums (MLLW, MHHW, MSL, plus Great Lakes datums), units, and time zones. Free, no key required. Stable endpoint at api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/
- **Sandbox** — https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api-helper/url-generator.html
- **Documentation** — https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/products.html

## Other NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration APIs (12)

- [Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Data Service](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/swpc-data-service/)
- [CO-OPS Metadata API (MDAPI v1)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/co-ops-metadata-api/)
- [CO-OPS Derived Product API (DPAPI v0.1)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/co-ops-derived-product-api/)
- [NCEI Access Data Service (v1)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/ncei-access-data-service/)
- [NCEI Climate Data Online (CDO) v2 API](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/ncei-cdo-v2-api/)
- [National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Web Data Service](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/ndbc-data-service/)
- [NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP Server](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/erddap-coastwatch/)
- [NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD)](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/nodd-open-data/)
- [NOAA Fisheries One Stop Shop (FOSS) ODS / ORDS](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/foss-landings-api/)
- [NOAA InPort Metadata Catalog](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/inport-metadata-api/)
- [NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Alerts API](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/noaa-gov-alerts-api/)
- [NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Aviation API](https://apis.io/apis/noaa-gov/noaa-gov-aviation-api/)

## Tags

Ocean, Tides, Currents, Water Level, Marine

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