# NOAA CO-OPS Tide Station Info

> NOAA CO-OPS Tide Station Info is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns metadata for a single NOAA CO-OPS tide station including name, lat/lon, tidal and Great Lakes flags, SHEF code, and references to its datums and sensors.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-ocean-station-info
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/noaa-co-ops-tide-station-info-f7d2af81
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_C0lOBDTk6ztOiaTSflPq9

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-tide-station-info-f7d2af81 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Look up the NOAA CO-OPS station details for station ID 8443970 — I need its name, coordinates, whether it's tidal or Great Lakes, its SHEF code, and what datums and sensors it references.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need static metadata about a specific NOAA CO-OPS station — such as its name, coordinates, station type, SHEF code, or datum/sensor references — without needing an API key. Prefer this over direct NOAA API calls when working in a keyless, agent-friendly, x402-payment context. It is not suited for retrieving real-time water level readings, tidal predictions, or current measurements.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent station ID returns an error or empty result
- Network timeout if NOAA upstream service is slow
- Malformed request body returns 400-level error
- Station ID format mismatch causes no results

## How this service works

Metadata for one NOAA CO-OPS tide station: name, lat/lon, tidal and Great Lakes flags, SHEF code, and references to its datums and sensors. Keyless NOAA Tides and Currents. For agents resolving station details.

## Output

A JSON object containing the tide station's official name, geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude), boolean flags indicating tidal and Great Lakes status, SHEF code, and references to associated datum definitions and sensor metadata.

## 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"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

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