# fittings NOAA NDBC Buoy Conditions

> fittings NOAA NDBC Buoy Conditions is a paid API for AI agents from fittings.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the latest wind, wave height, water temperature, and pressure readings from a specified NOAA NDBC data buoy, each field timestamped to its observation.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fittings.sh/v1/ndbc/buoy-conditions
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fittings-noaa-ndbc-buoy-conditions-4a7ae472
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_v62JUQgt0yUKKE-x_HIbB

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fittings-noaa-ndbc-buoy-conditions-4a7ae472
```

Example prompt: What are the current wind, wave, and water temperature conditions being reported by NOAA buoy station 41008?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need current, real-time marine environmental observations (wind, waves, water temperature, pressure) from a specific NOAA NDBC buoy station. Prefer this over general weather APIs when you need oceanographic data tied to a particular buoy station ID, or when you need per-field observation timestamps for data quality tracking.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unknown station ID returns an error or empty response
- Buoy temporarily offline or not transmitting returns missing/null fields
- Some fields may be absent if the buoy hardware does not support that sensor
- Network or upstream NOAA data feed unavailability causes request failure

## How this service works

Latest wind, wave height, water temperature and pressure reading from a NOAA data buoy, each field timestamped with the observation it came from.

## Output

A structured JSON object containing the latest observed values from the specified NDBC buoy, including wind speed and direction, wave height, water temperature, and atmospheric pressure — each field individually timestamped to indicate when that specific measurement was recorded.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "station"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "station": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "NDBC station id, e.g. 41008 or SLIM2"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

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