Coastal Water Level Tracker — NOAA Tide Station Data
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Coastal Water Level Tracker — NOAA Tide Station Data
Get real-time water level, water temperature, air temperature, or air pressure readings from NOAA coastal and Great Lakes tide stations, by state or specific station ID.
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Get real-time readings from NOAA's coastal and Great Lakes tide stations — water level, water temperature, air temperature, or air pressure — by state or specific station ID.
Built for port operations, marine/boating use, and coastal engineering teams who need current tidal conditions, not a forecast. This is the coastal counterpart to River Water Level Tracker, which covers inland streams and rivers via USGS instead — different agency, different phenomenon (tidal vs. riverine), different audience.
Input
{"state": "NY","stationId": "","product": "waterLevel","maxResults": 25}
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
state | string | Two-letter US state code to survey all tide stations in. Ignored if stationId is set. |
stationId | string (optional) | A specific NOAA CO-OPS station ID to check instead of a whole state, e.g. "8518750" (The Battery, NY). |
product | string | "waterLevel", "waterTemperature", "airTemperature", or "airPressure". Default "waterLevel". |
maxResults | number | Max stations to return when surveying a state. Default 25, max 100. |
Either state or stationId is required.
Output
One record per station:
{"stationId": "8518750","stationName": "The Battery","latitude": 40.7006,"longitude": -74.0142,"product": "water_level","value": 5.102,"time": "2026-08-15 21:48"}
Water level is in feet relative to the station's Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW) datum, the standard NOAA tidal reference. Stations with no current reading for the selected type are silently skipped.
A search with no matching stations returns no items but is still billed once for the search.
How it works
Direct calls to the official NOAA CO-OPS Tides & Currents API — no proxy, no key, no scraping. Public U.S. government data, updated every 6 minutes per station.
Pricing note
Billed per search, not per station returned — one charge whether the search returns 0 stations or 100.
Related products
- River Water Level Tracker — the inland/USGS equivalent for streams and rivers