NDBC — National Data Buoy Center

NDBC Latest Observations Service

Delivers a consolidated snapshot of the most recent observation from every active NDBC and partner station, refreshed every five minutes. The flat text file at https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs/latest_obs.txt contains 23 columns (station ID, latitude, longitude, UTC timestamp, wind direction and speed, gust, wave height, dominant and average wave period, mean wave direction, atmospheric pressure, pressure tendency, air temperature, water temperature, dew point, visibility, and tide). Per-station RSS files and a geographic observation search RSS feed are also available. No authentication required.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/rss_access.shtml

Other Resources

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BaseURL
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs/latest_obs.txt
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BaseURL
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rss/ndbc_obs_search.php

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ndbc:latest-observations-service
name: NDBC Latest Observations Service
description: Delivers a consolidated snapshot of the most recent observation from every active NDBC and
  partner station, refreshed every five minutes. The flat text file at https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs/latest_obs.txt
  contains 23 columns (station ID, latitude, longitude, UTC timestamp, wind direction and speed, gust,
  wave height, dominant and average wave period, mean wave direction, atmospheric pressure, pressure tendency,
  air temperature, water temperature, dew point, visibility, and tide). Per-station RSS files and a geographic
  observation search RSS feed are also available. No authentication required.
image: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/images/nws/nws_logo.png
humanURL: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/rss_access.shtml
baseURL: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs
tags:
- Latest Observations
- Real-Time
- All Stations
- RSS
- Snapshot
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/faq/rss_access.shtml
- type: BaseURL
  url: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/latest_obs/latest_obs.txt
- type: BaseURL
  url: https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rss/ndbc_obs_search.php
contact:
- FN: NDBC Webmaster
  email: [email protected]