# Wave height and wind near York Spit, VA (buoy 44072)

**Use case:** 

NDBC buoy 44072 sits off York Spit, VA at 37.201, -76.266, run by Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS), and reports every hour. This example returns its latest observation: significant wave height, dominant and average wave period, wind speed, gust and direction, air and water temperature and pressure, with the time of each reading. A sensor that is not reporting comes back empty rather

## Input

```json
{
  "locations": [
    "44072"
  ],
  "latestOnly": true,
  "hours": 24,
  "maxRowsPerStation": 200,
  "maxRetries": 4,
  "maxDistanceKm": 300
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rowType": {
    "label": "Row",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationId": {
    "label": "Station",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationName": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "observedAt": {
    "label": "Observed (UTC)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ageMinutes": {
    "label": "Age (min)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windSpeedKnots": {
    "label": "Wind (kn)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windGustKnots": {
    "label": "Gust (kn)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windDirectionDegrees": {
    "label": "Wind dir",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waveHeightFeet": {
    "label": "Wave (ft)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waveHeightMeters": {
    "label": "Wave (m)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dominantWavePeriodSeconds": {
    "label": "Dom period (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "averageWavePeriodSeconds": {
    "label": "Avg period (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "meanWaveDirectionDegrees": {
    "label": "Wave dir",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waterTemperatureF": {
    "label": "Water (F)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "waterTemperatureC": {
    "label": "Water (C)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "airTemperatureF": {
    "label": "Air (F)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "airTemperatureC": {
    "label": "Air (C)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pressureHpa": {
    "label": "Pressure (hPa)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "pressureTendencyHpa": {
    "label": "Tendency",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dewPointC": {
    "label": "Dew (C)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "dewPointF": {
    "label": "Dew (F)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "visibilityNauticalMiles": {
    "label": "Visibility (nmi)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "tideFeet": {
    "label": "Tide (ft)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windSpeedMs": {
    "label": "Wind (m/s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "windGustMs": {
    "label": "Gust (m/s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "stationType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationOwner": {
    "label": "Owner",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stationProgram": {
    "label": "Program",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "latitude": {
    "label": "Latitude",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "longitude": {
    "label": "Longitude",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "requestedPoint": {
    "label": "Asked for",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "distanceKm": {
    "label": "Distance (km)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ok": {
    "label": "OK",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "reason": {
    "label": "Reason",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "note": {
    "label": "Note",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "checkedAt": {
    "label": "Checked",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [NOAA Buoy Data API - Live Wave Height, Wind & Water Temp](https://apify.com/neverempty/noaa-buoy-data-api.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/neverempty/noaa-buoy-data-api.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
This Task's input is already configured above — use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/neverempty/noaa-buoy-data-api.md

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).