# NOAA CO-OPS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/noaa-co-ops/  
**Website:** https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 13

NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) provides REST APIs for tides and currents predictions, observed water levels, meteorological data (wind, barometric pressure, air and water temperature), and oceanographic products. The APIs serve real-time and historical data from NOAA observation stations across the United States coastline and Great Lakes.

## Kin Score — 32.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 32.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 50.8 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 15.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 19.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 10.5 |
| Access Clarity | 10.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 27.8 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 28.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (13)

- **NOAA CO-OPS Benchmarks API** — The Benchmarks API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for benchmarks.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Datagetter API** — The Datagetter API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for datagetter.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Extremewaterlevels API** — The Extremewaterlevels API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for extremewaterlevels.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Htf Annual API** — The Htf Annual API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for htf annual.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Htf Monthly API** — The Htf Monthly API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for htf monthly.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Htf Projection Decadal API** — The Htf Projection Decadal API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for htf projection decadal.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Peakwaterlevels API** — The Peakwaterlevels API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for peakwaterlevels.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Ports.json API** — The Ports.json API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for ports.json.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Sealvltrends API** — The Sealvltrends API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for sealvltrends.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Slr Projections API** — The Slr Projections API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for slr projections.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Stations API** — NOAA CO-OPS station metadata, sensors, datums, and configuration
- **NOAA CO-OPS Stations.json API** — The Stations.json API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for stations.json.
- **NOAA CO-OPS Toptenwaterlevels API** — The Toptenwaterlevels API from NOAA CO-OPS — 1 operation(s) for toptenwaterlevels.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Noaa Co Ops Agentic Access** — 14 operations

## Security (1)

- **Noaa Co Ops Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Tags

NOAA, Tides, Currents, Oceanographic, Water Level, Weather, Predictions, Government

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/noaa-co-ops/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.