Marine Weather

Gives access to our advanced Marine Weather data.

Restful endpoints in the Marine Weather API provide a few different types of information:
Data type
Description
​Weather object metadata​
These endpoints provide information about currently available models, variables, and categories of data that can be used throughout the Weather API.
​Forecast data​
These endpoints can be used to retrieve forecast output for specific times and locations.
Hindcast data
These endpoints can be used to retrieve hindcast output for specific times and locations.
Tile Server
These endpoints return raster tiles (images) of our weather data
Available Variables
More metadata on each model and variable is available using the Weather Object Metadata endpoints.
Sofar Waves
Variable
Significant Wave Height
SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeight
Mean Wave Direction
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirection
Mean Wave Directional Spread
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpread
Mean Wave Period
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanPeriod
Peak Wave Frequency
SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakFrequency
Peak Wave Direction
SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakDirection
Significant Wind Wave Height
SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightWindWaves
Mean Wind Wave Direction
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionWindWaves
Mean Wind Wave Directional Spread
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadWindWaves
Peak Wind Wave Period
SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodWindWaves
Significant First Swell Wave Height
SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightFirstSwell
Mean First Swell Direction
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionFirstSwell
Mean First Swell Directional Spread
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadFirstSwell
Peak First Swell Period
SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodFirstSwell
Significant Second Swell Wave Height
SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightSecondSwell
Mean Second Swell Direction
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionSecondSwell
Mean Second Swell Directional Spread
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadSecondSwell
Peak Second Swell Period
SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodSecondSwell
Significant Third Swell Wave Height
SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightThirdSwell
Mean Third Swell Direction
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionThirdSwell
Mean Third Swell Directional Spread
SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadThirdSwell
Peak Third Swell Peak Period
SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodThirdSwell
NOAA Waves
Variable
Significant Wave Height
NOAAOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeight
Wave Direction
NOAAOperationalWaveModel-primaryWaveDirection
Peak Wave Period
NOAAOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriod
Significant Wind Wave Height
NOAAOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightWindWaves
Mean Wind Wave Period
NOAAOperationalWaveModel-meanPeriodWindWaves
Mean Wind Wave Direction
NOAAOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionWindWaves
Sea Surface Temperature
Variable
Sea Surface Temperature
HYCOM-seaSurfaceTemperature
Currents
Variable
Surface Current Velocity
HYCOM-magnitudeWaterVelocity
Surface Current Velocity Direction
HYCOM-directionWaterVelocity
Eastward Surface Current Velocity
HYCOM-surfaceCurrentVelocityEastward
Westward Surface Current Velocity
HYCOM-surfaceCurrentVelocityNorthward
Winds
Variable
Wind Velocity
GFS-magnitude10MeterWind
Wind Direction
GFS-direction10MeterWind
Eastward Wind Velocity
GFS-windVelocity10MeterEastward
Northward Wind Velocity
GFS-windVelocity10MeterNorthward
How to get a current marine weather forecast
Retrieving a current marine weather forecast is as simple as making a HTTP GET request to the correct URL with a valid API token. Here's an example:
​https://api.sofarocean.com/marine-weather/v1/models/SofarOperationalWaveModel/forecast/point?longitude=-152.0001&latitude=37.0001&variableIDs=SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeight,SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirection&token=YOUR_API_TOKEN​
An example request in Python might look like:
get_forecast.py
import requests
params = {
    'token': 'YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    'longitude': -152.0001,
    'latitude': 37.0001,
    'variableIDs': ['SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeight', 'SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirection']
}
response = requests.get(
    url='https://api.sofarocean.com/marine-weather/v1/models/SofarOperationalWaveModel/forecast/point',
    params=params )
data = response.json()
print(data)
​

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Forecast Data

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Sofar Waves	Variable
Significant Wave Height	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeight`
Mean Wave Direction	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirection`
Mean Wave Directional Spread	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpread`
Mean Wave Period	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanPeriod`
Peak Wave Frequency	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakFrequency`
Peak Wave Direction	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakDirection`
Significant Wind Wave Height	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightWindWaves`
Mean Wind Wave Direction	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionWindWaves`
Mean Wind Wave Directional Spread	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadWindWaves`
Peak Wind Wave Period	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodWindWaves`
Significant First Swell Wave Height	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightFirstSwell`
Mean First Swell Direction	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionFirstSwell`
Mean First Swell Directional Spread	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadFirstSwell`
Peak First Swell Period	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodFirstSwell`
Significant Second Swell Wave Height	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightSecondSwell`
Mean Second Swell Direction	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionSecondSwell`
Mean Second Swell Directional Spread	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadSecondSwell`
Peak Second Swell Period	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodSecondSwell`
Significant Third Swell Wave Height	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightThirdSwell`
Mean Third Swell Direction	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionThirdSwell`
Mean Third Swell Directional Spread	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionalSpreadThirdSwell`
Peak Third Swell Peak Period	`SofarOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriodThirdSwell`

NOAA Waves	Variable
Significant Wave Height	`NOAAOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeight`
Wave Direction	`NOAAOperationalWaveModel-primaryWaveDirection`
Peak Wave Period	`NOAAOperationalWaveModel-peakPeriod`
Significant Wind Wave Height	`NOAAOperationalWaveModel-significantWaveHeightWindWaves`
Mean Wind Wave Period	`NOAAOperationalWaveModel-meanPeriodWindWaves`
Mean Wind Wave Direction	`NOAAOperationalWaveModel-meanDirectionWindWaves`

Currents	Variable
Surface Current Velocity	`HYCOM-magnitudeWaterVelocity`
Surface Current Velocity Direction	`HYCOM-directionWaterVelocity`
Eastward Surface Current Velocity	`HYCOM-surfaceCurrentVelocityEastward`
Westward Surface Current Velocity	`HYCOM-surfaceCurrentVelocityNorthward`

Winds	Variable
Wind Velocity	`GFS-magnitude10MeterWind`
Wind Direction	`GFS-direction10MeterWind`
Eastward Wind Velocity	`GFS-windVelocity10MeterEastward`
Northward Wind Velocity	`GFS-windVelocity10MeterNorthward`

Data type	Description
Weather object metadata	These endpoints provide information about currently available models, variables, and categories of data that can be used throughout the Weather API.
Forecast data	These endpoints can be used to retrieve forecast output for specific times and locations.
Hindcast data	These endpoints can be used to retrieve hindcast output for specific times and locations.
Tile Server	These endpoints return raster tiles (images) of our weather data

Sea Surface Temperature	Variable
Sea Surface Temperature	`HYCOM-seaSurfaceTemperature`