Sofar Ocean

Sofar Ocean operates one of the world's largest privately owned networks of real-time ocean weather sensors. Its Spotter buoys and Smart Mooring subsurface sensors stream wave, wind, sea-surface temperature, barometric pressure, and acoustic data via cellular and satellite telemetry, and the Wayfinder platform turns that data into maritime voyage optimization. The Sofar API (Spotter & Smart Mooring plus the Operational Wave Spectra forecast) gives developers token-authenticated access to device telemetry, historical and geospatial data queries, subsurface sensor readings, NetCDF wave-spectra forecasts, and outbound data-forwarding webhooks.

Sofar Ocean publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Devices API, Smart Mooring API, Spotter Data API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Company, Climate, Ocean Data, Weather, and Maritime.

The Sofar Ocean catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Sofar Ocean’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, authentication, sandbox, support, engineering blog, and 21 more developer resources.

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54.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 71/100 agent native Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

4 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyClimateOcean DataWeatherMaritimeSensorsIoTEnvironmental DataWave DataBuoys

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 54.4/100 · developing

Contract Quality 17.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 16.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 10.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 71/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Sandbox

Sandbox

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

DataModel

Conformance

Webhooks

Lifecycle

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

SDKs

SDKs

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: sofar-ocean
name: Sofar Ocean
description: Sofar Ocean operates one of the world's largest privately owned networks of real-time ocean weather sensors.
  Its Spotter buoys and Smart Mooring subsurface sensors stream wave, wind, sea-surface temperature, barometric pressure,
  and acoustic data via cellular and satellite telemetry, and the Wayfinder platform turns that data into maritime voyage
  optimization. The Sofar API (Spotter & Smart Mooring plus the Operational Wave Spectra forecast) gives developers token-authenticated
  access to device telemetry, historical and geospatial data queries, subsurface sensor readings, NetCDF wave-spectra forecasts,
  and outbound data-forwarding webhooks.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/64d14310c4accecbf82f0e9f/67eb3186e1334d183e9d2b0e_meta%20image%20sofar%20site-min.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sofar-ocean/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- foundry-group
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: active
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Climate
- Ocean Data
- Weather
- Maritime
- Sensors
- IoT
- Environmental Data
- Wave Data
- Buoys
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
apis:
- aid: sofar-ocean:sofar-ocean-devices-api
  name: Sofar Ocean Devices API
  description: Spotter device discovery
  humanURL: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  baseURL: https://api.sofarocean.com
  tags:
  - Devices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sofar-ocean-devices-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/sofar-ocean-data-forwarding-webhooks.yml
- aid: sofar-ocean:sofar-ocean-smart-mooring-api
  name: Sofar Ocean Smart Mooring API
  description: Data collected by Smart Mooring subsurface sensors
  humanURL: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  baseURL: https://api.sofarocean.com
  tags:
  - Smart Mooring
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sofar-ocean-smart-mooring-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/sofar-ocean-data-forwarding-webhooks.yml
- aid: sofar-ocean:sofar-ocean-spotter-data-api
  name: Sofar Ocean Spotter Data API
  description: Data collected by onboard Spotter sensors
  humanURL: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  baseURL: https://api.sofarocean.com
  tags:
  - Spotter Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sofar-ocean-spotter-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/sofar-ocean-data-forwarding-webhooks.yml
- aid: sofar-ocean:sofar-ocean-wave-spectra-api
  name: Sofar Ocean Wave Spectra API
  description: Sofar Operational WaveWatch III wave spectra forecast
  humanURL: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  baseURL: https://api.sofarocean.com
  tags:
  - Wave Spectra
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sofar-ocean-wave-spectra-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
  - type: Webhooks
    url: asyncapi/sofar-ocean-data-forwarding-webhooks.yml
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sofar-ocean-domain-security.yml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.sofarocean.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.sofarocean.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.sofarocean.com/spotter-and-smart-mooring/test-the-api
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sofar-ocean-authentication.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sofar-ocean-agentic-access.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/sofar-ocean-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/sofar-ocean-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/sofar-ocean-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/sofar-ocean-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/sofar-ocean-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/sofar-ocean-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/sofar-ocean-data-model.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/sofar-ocean-conformance.yml
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/sofar-ocean-spotter-overlay.yaml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/sofar-ocean-data-forwarding-webhooks.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/sofar-ocean-sandbox.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/sofar-ocean-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://sofarocean.statuspage.io
- type: Support
  url: https://www.sofarocean.com/support
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.sofarocean.com/posts
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/SofarOcean
- type: Login
  url: https://spotter.sofarocean.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.sofarocean.com/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.sofarocean.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: Website
  url: https://www.sofarocean.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 20
  pass: local-v1

Sofar Ocean

Kin Score

APIs 4

Sofar Ocean Devices API

Sofar Ocean Smart Mooring API

Sofar Ocean Spotter Data API

Sofar Ocean Wave Spectra API

MCP Servers 1

sofar-ocean-mcp.yml

Event Specifications 1

Sofar Ocean Data Forwarding Webhooks

Security Posture 2

Sofar Ocean Authentication

Sofar Ocean Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Sofar Ocean Agentic Access