NDBC Service

NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) provides ocean and weather observations from buoys and stations.

Overview

The NDBC service provides access to:

• Real-time ocean observations
• Historical data
• Station metadata
• Multiple data types (standard meteorological, oceanographic, spectral wave)

Available Tools

See the Tools Reference for complete tool documentation.

Quick Example

curl -X POST \
  -H "x-api-key: dev-key-12345" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "ndbc.latest_observation",
      "arguments": {
        "station_id": "46108"
      }
    }
  }' \
  http://localhost:3001/api/v1/services/ndbc/mcp

Data Formats

Cleaned Format (Default)

Normalized, structured data with consistent units and naming.

Raw Format

Original NDBC data format as received from NOAA.

Station IDs

NDBC stations use 5-character IDs (e.g., "46108", "42001"). See NDBC Station List (opens in a new tab) for available stations.

Examples

See NDBC Examples for more usage examples.