# NOAA CO-OPS Ocean Stations Directory

> NOAA CO-OPS Ocean Stations Directory is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a directory of NOAA CO-OPS monitoring stations (tide/water level, currents, etc.) with their IDs, names, and locations, filtered by station type.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-ocean-stations-list
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/noaa-co-ops-ocean-stations-directory-ad18f507
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_QiEmOGT5nOBCjMskylrMl

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 noaa-co-ops-ocean-stations-directory-ad18f507 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you list all the NOAA CO-OPS water level monitoring stations so I can find the right station ID to pull tide data for the East Coast?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover available NOAA CO-OPS station IDs and metadata before querying tidal or current data — it is the station-discovery step in a two-step workflow. Prefer it over scraping NOAA's website directly, and use it when you need a keyless, agent-friendly directory of stations by type.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported station type returns empty list or error
- Upstream NOAA CO-OPS API unavailability causes proxy failure
- Malformed request body returns 400-level error
- Payment not processed correctly triggers 402 response
- Stale station data if NOAA updates its registry

## How this service works

Directory of NOAA CO-OPS stations by type (waterlevels, currents, etc.) with ids, names, and locations. Keyless NOAA Tides and Currents. For agents discovering which tide/current stations exist near a location.

## Output

An array of NOAA CO-OPS station records, each containing a station ID, station name, and geographic location (latitude/longitude or similar), filtered by the requested station type (e.g. waterlevels or currents). This directory can be used to identify valid station IDs before making subsequent data requests.

## 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",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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