NOAA CO-OPS Tides & Currents Fishing Scraper
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NOAA CO-OPS Tides & Currents Fishing Scraper
Scrapes tide predictions (high/low windows) from all 3,449 NOAA CO-OPS tide stations across the US. Filter by state, station ID, or date range. Essential data for saltwater fishing trips, charter planning, and coastal activity scheduling. Open NOAA API — no key required, highly reliable.
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Scrapes high/low tide predictions from all 3,450 NOAA CO-OPS tide stations across the US — packaged for saltwater fishing, charter planning, and coastal activity scheduling.
Open NOAA public API — no API key required.
What it does
The actor fetches tide prediction data in two phases:
- Station discovery — downloads the full NOAA CO-OPS station list (3,450 tide-prediction stations with lat/lon/state metadata)
- Prediction fetch — retrieves hi/lo tide events per station for the requested date range
Each output record is one tide event (a single H or L) for a specific station and date. A typical day produces 3–4 events per station.
Use cases
- Saltwater fishing trip planning — identify optimal high/low tide windows for target species and locations
- Charter boat scheduling — feed tide windows into booking or planning apps
- Coastal tourism & recreation — beach, kayak, surf, clamming timing
- Marine research and data pipelines — bulk collection of historical or forecast tide data
Output fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
station_id | NOAA CO-OPS station ID (e.g. 8443970) |
station_name | Station name (e.g. Boston, MA) |
state | US state abbreviation |
latitude | Station latitude (decimal degrees) |
longitude | Station longitude (decimal degrees) |
station_type | R (reference) or S (subordinate) |
date | Prediction date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
tide_event_time | Local time of this tide event (YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm) |
tide_type | H (high tide) or L (low tide) |
predicted_height_ft | Predicted water height in feet (MLLW datum) |
datum | Always MLLW (Mean Lower Low Water) |
source_url | NOAA API URL used to fetch this prediction |
scraped_at | ISO 8601 timestamp of data collection |
Input options
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
maxItems | Maximum number of tide event records to collect | 10 |
startDate | Start date in YYYYMMDD format (e.g. 20260601) | Today |
endDate | End date in YYYYMMDD format | Same as startDate |
stateFilter | Comma-separated state abbreviations to filter stations (e.g. FL,TX,CA) | All states |
stationIds | Comma-separated NOAA station IDs (e.g. 8443970,8418150). Overrides stateFilter. | All stations |
Examples
Get today's tides for a specific station (Boston Harbor):
Get tides for all Florida stations for a week:
Get today's tides across all US stations (up to 100 events):
Data source
Data comes from the NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) public API. The API is free and open — no authentication required. Coverage: 3,450 US tide-prediction stations spanning all coastal states and territories.
Predictions use the MLLW (Mean Lower Low Water) datum and are returned in local standard/daylight time (LST/LDT) for each station's timezone.
Notes
- No proxy required — the NOAA CO-OPS API is open and accessible without proxying
- Historical and future dates — the API supports both historical data and future predictions
- Subordinate stations (type
S) use offsets from a nearby reference station; predictions are pre-computed by NOAA - Large runs (all stations × multi-day range) will produce many records — set
maxItemsto control volume
