Buoy Now

{
  "ageMinutes": 30,
  "airTempF": null,
  "asOf": "2026-10-12T01:09:30.224Z",
  "buoy": "46026",
  "degraded": false,
  "dewPointF": null,
  "disclaimer": "Screening signal computed from the named public source. Not financial, legal or investment advice; provided as is. Verify at the source before acting.",
  "latitude": 37.75,
  "longitude": -122.83833333333334,
  "notChecked": [
    "conditions at your location (a buoy measures one spot, often miles offshore)",
    "forecast",
    "…2 more"
  ],
  "observedAtUtc": "2026-10-12T00:40:00.000Z",
  "pressureInHg": 29.64,
  "reasons": [
    "Screen thresholds here are this tool's own (caution: wind 20 kt, gust 25 kt or seas 6 ft; hazardous: wind 34 kt, gust 40 kt or seas 12 ft), not NWS advisories.",
    "Recent observation."
  ],
  "source": "NOAA National Data Buoy Center",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov",
  "summary": "Buoy 46026 (30 min old): wind 13.6 kt WNW, gusts 17.5; waves 7.2 ft; water 60.3 F; Beaufort 4 (Moderate breeze).",
  "verdict": "CAUTION_CONDITIONS",
  "waterTempF": 60.3,
  "waves": {
    "douglasName": "Moderate",
    "douglasSeaState": 4,
    "significantFt": null,
    "swellDirection": "NW",
    "swellFt": 7.2,
    "swellPeriodSec": 10.8,
    "windWaveFt": 4.3,
    "windWavePeriodSec": 5.6
  },
  "wind": {
    "beaufortForce": 4,
    "beaufortName": "Moderate breeze",
    "directionCompass": "WNW",
    "directionDeg": 300,
    "gustKnots": 17.5,
    "knots": 13.6
  }
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://marine-conditions.x402tookit.com/buoy-now?buoy=46026'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://marine-conditions.x402tookit.com/buoy-now?buoy=46026' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.02 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.02" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.02 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmarine-conditions.x402tookit.com%2Fbuoy-now
const res = await pay("https://marine-conditions.x402tookit.com/buoy-now?buoy=46026");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.02 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.02"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://marine-conditions.x402tookit.com/buoy-now?buoy=46026")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)