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GET /v1/buoy

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/buoys-api/v1/buoy" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/buoys-api/v1/buoy", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/buoys-api/v1/buoy");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/buoys-api/v1/buoy",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "name": "EAST HATTERAS - 150 NM East of Cape Hatteras",
        "wind": {
            "gust_m_s": 12,
            "speed_m_s": 10,
            "direction_deg": 10
        },
        "waves": {
            "direction_deg": null,
            "average_period_s": null,
            "dominant_period_s": null,
            "significant_height_m": null
        },
        "source": "NOAA NDBC",
        "station": "41001",
        "tide_ft": null,
        "latitude": 34.791,
        "longitude": -72.42,
        "air_temp_c": 18.3,
        "dewpoint_c": 11.6,
        "observed_at": "2026-05-31T05:10:00Z",
        "pressure_hpa": 1015.4,
        "water_temp_c": 23.1,
        "visibility_nmi": null,
        "pressure_tendency_hpa": null
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-05-31T05:47:59.997Z",
        "request_id": "cee9a3a5-63a8-41fc-9621-0309f99c6b3e"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Buoy observation retrieved",
    "success": true
}