NOAA Tides & Currents — Tide Predictions Scraper

Official NOAA tide predictions, water levels and tidal currents for any US coastal station — plus water/air temperature, wind and pressure — with station metadata baked in. By station ID, for any date range. Free, keyless, no proxies.

Built directly on NOAA's official CO-OPS data API, so the tide data is authoritative and reliable — the actor adds multi-station batching, product switching and station-info enrichment on top.

What you get

One flat row per reading, ready for datasets, APIs or apps:

• Tide predictions — high/low (hilo) or hourly water-level predictions with time, value and type (high/low)
• Observed water level — measured water level with sigma, quality flags and quality code
• Tidal currents — predicted current velocity, type, bin, depth, mean flood/ebb direction
• Environmental products — water temperature, air temperature, wind (with direction, gust) and air pressure
• Station enrichment (optional) — stationName, state, latitude, longitude on every row
• Configurable datum (MLLW/MSL/NAVD…), units (english/metric) and timeZone

Output sample

Tide predictions (product: "predictions", interval: "hilo"), station info included:

{
  "station": "8454000",
  "product": "predictions",
  "stationName": "Providence",
  "state": "RI",
  "latitude": 41.8071,
  "longitude": -71.4012,
  "time": "2026-07-12 04:18",
  "value": 4.63,
  "type": "high"
}

Tidal currents (product: "currents_predictions"):

{
  "station": "ACT0926",
  "product": "currents_predictions",
  "time": "2026-07-12 05:30",
  "velocity": 1.42,
  "type": "flood",
  "bin": null,
  "depth": null,
  "meanFloodDir": 45,
  "meanEbbDir": 225
}

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
stations	array	["8454000"]	NOAA CO-OPS station IDs. Find them at tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
product	string	predictions	predictions, water_level, currents_predictions, water_temperature, air_temperature, wind, air_pressure
interval	string	hilo	Predictions: hilo, h, 6, 1. Currents: MAX_SLACK
datum	string	MLLW	Vertical datum for levels/predictions
date	string	today	Quick range: today, latest, recent (ignored if explicit dates set)
beginDate / endDate	string	—	Explicit YYYYMMDD range
range	string	—	Hours from begin date (or from now)
units	string	english	english (feet) or metric (meters)
timeZone	string	lst_ldt	lst_ldt, lst or gmt
includeStationInfo	boolean	true	Enrich rows with station name/state/coordinates

Example input

{
  "stations": ["8454000", "9414290"],
  "product": "predictions",
  "interval": "hilo",
  "beginDate": "20260712",
  "range": "72"
}

Why this actor

• Authoritative & keyless — NOAA's own CO-OPS API, no key, no proxy, no anti-bot.
• Two paying audiences at once — fishing and sailing/boating apps both need clean tide data.
• Breadth in one actor — predictions, water level, currents, temperature, wind and pressure, multi-station, any date range.
• Enriched — station name, state and coordinates joined onto every row so you don't re-look-up.

Pricing

Pay per result — $1.50 per 1,000 results (one reading = one result). No subscription or platform fees; you only pay for what you get.

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Notes

• Data is NOAA's official public CO-OPS API; the actor sets a descriptive User-Agent and retries on 429/5xx so results aren't dropped.
• Available products, datums and intervals vary by station — not every station reports every product.
• This actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NOAA.