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Tide Times API - NOAA Tides, Water Levels & Temperature

Official NOAA tide predictions (high/low and hourly), observed water levels, water and air temperature, wind and pressure for 3,000+ US coastal stations. Search stations by name, state or coordinates.

$0.16 per 1,000 records

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What it returns

Official NOAA CO-OPS data for 3,000+ US coastal stations. Public domain.

Common uses

Fishing, boating and surf apps, coastal travel content, marina and beach dashboards, flood monitoring. Pay per record.

Request

POST https://api.pushbuild.com/noaa-tides/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.

FieldTypeDescription
productstring: tide-highs-lows, tide-hourly, water-level, water-temperature, air-temperature, wind, air-pressureWhat to return. Default: "tide-highs-lows".
stationslist of stringsNOAA station IDs, e.g. 8518750 (The Battery, NY).
stationNamestringFind stations by name, e.g. Santa Monica.
statestringTwo-letter state code, e.g. FL.
nearstringStations near these coordinates, nearest first.
radiusKmintegerSearch radius for Near. Default: 50.
maxStationsintegerHow many found stations to fetch data for. Default: 5.
listStationsbooleanReturn matching stations instead of data. Default: false.
startDatestringFirst day (YYYY-MM-DD). Default today.
endDatestringLast day (YYYY-MM-DD).
daysintegerNumber of days from the start date, if no end date. Default: 1.
unitsstring: english, metricFeet/Fahrenheit or metres/Celsius. Default: "english".
timeZonestring: lst_ldt, lst, gmtStation local time, local standard time, or GMT. Default: "lst_ldt".
datumstring: MLLW, MLW, MSL, MTL, MHW, MHHW, NAVD, STNDVertical datum for tides and water levels. Default: "MLLW".
maxItemsintegerMaximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/noaa-tides/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"stations": ["8518750"], "maxItems": 20}'

Response

{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.16 per 1,000 records. No charge for errors or empty searches.

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