NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Web Data Service

NDBC publishes real-time meteorological and oceanographic observations (the last 45 days) and historical archives from a global network of over 900 moored buoys, drifting buoys, C-MAN coastal stations, and partner stations. Data is exposed via HTTP file URLs, a THREDDS Data Server, and an OGC API Features collection. Observations include wave height, period, direction, sea surface temperature, wind, air pressure, salinity, and visibility.

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Documentation
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/docs/ndbc_web_data_guide.pdf
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Documentation
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/rt_data_access.shtml
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Documentation
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: noaa-gov:ndbc-data-service
name: National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Web Data Service
description: NDBC publishes real-time meteorological and oceanographic observations (the last 45 days)
  and historical archives from a global network of over 900 moored buoys, drifting buoys, C-MAN coastal
  stations, and partner stations. Data is exposed via HTTP file URLs, a THREDDS Data Server, and an OGC
  API Features collection. Observations include wave height, period, direction, sea surface temperature,
  wind, air pressure, salinity, and visibility.
humanURL: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/docs/ndbc_web_data_guide.pdf
baseURL: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data
tags:
- Ocean
- Marine
- Buoys
- Waves
- Observations
properties:
- url: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/docs/ndbc_web_data_guide.pdf
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/rt_data_access.shtml
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html
  type: Documentation