Spotter Sensor

The Spotter Sensor API provides access to past 72-hour(3-day) real-time weather and surface data collected by Spotter devices via an HTTPs JSON API.

get
Available Devices
https://api.sofarocean.com/api/devices
Retrieve a list of Spotters you have API access to, including Spotter ID and nickname.
Request
Response
Request
Query Parameters
excludeSharedDevices
optional
boolean
default: false 
Set true to only return devices you own.
Response
200: OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
{
  "message": "1 devices",
  "data": {
    "devices": [
      {
        "spotterId": "SPOT-0222",
        "name": ""
      }
    ]
  }
}
Example Request
curl "https://api.sofarocean.com/api/devices" -H 'token: YOUR_API_TOKEN'
get
Wave Data
https://api.sofarocean.com/api/wave-data?spotterId=:spotterId
Returns surface data for the corresponding spotterId 

The past 72-hour realtime wave data will be retrieved in a single request. Frequency data is only available for samples collected from Spotters in Full Waves Mode.
Request
Response
Request
Query Parameters
includeSurfaceTempData
optional
boolean
default: false
Include sea surface temperature (SST) readings in the response if available. Note: Not all Spotters have SST sensor hardware on board.
includeWindData
optional
boolean
default: false
Include derived wind speed and direction in response.
includeDirectionalMoments
optional
boolean
default: false 
Include spectrally binned directional moments. 
Only applies if Spotter is in Full Waves Mode.
includeFrequencyData
optional
boolean
default: false 
Include spectrally binned surface variance, direction, and directional spreading.
Only applies for samples collected in Full Waves Mode.
spotterId
required
string
 Spotter ID of the device to retrieve data for.
Response
200: OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

For more information on data collected by Spotter, see the product documentation. 
https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/spotter-product-documentation

Units:
Wave Height: meters
Periods: seconds
Directions: degrees
Location: decimal degrees
Variance Density: m^2/Hz
Directional Moments: unitless
Wind Speed: m/s
{
  "data": {
    "spotterId": "SPOT-0222",
    "waves": [
      {
        "significantWaveHeight": 1.91,
        "peakPeriod": 10.24,
        "meanPeriod": 7.72,
        "peakDirection": 302.735,
        "peakDirectionalSpread": 55.142,
        "meanDirection": 279.846,
        "meanDirectionalSpread": 70.635,
        "timestamp": "2020-01-08T00:24:31.000Z",
        "latitude": 34.64697,
        "longitude": -159.877
      },
      {...}
    ]
  }
}
​
Example Request
curl "https://api.sofarocean.com/api/wave-data?spotterId=SPOT-0222" -H 'token: YOUR_API_TOKEN'

Wave Spectra

Last updated 7 months ago

Spotter Sensor

getAvailable Devices

Example Request

getWave Data

Example Request

get
Available Devices

get
Wave Data