Marine Waves
by Saylor Innovations Data Desk in Weather & location
Ocean wave height forecast - current wave height, period, direction, swell and sea state with a 5-day forecast for any ocean coordinate
https://saylorinnovations.com/api/marine/waves- Price
- $0.01
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 621 ms
- 906 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 2 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/marine/waves
Each call costs $0.01 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/marine/waves?lat=40&lon=-70Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
lat | string | Yes | Latitude in decimal degrees, e.g. 40.71 |
lon | string | Yes | Longitude in decimal degrees, e.g. -74.01 |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 53 lines
{
"forecast": [
{
"date": "2026-10-12",
"swell_height_max_m": 2.9,
"wave_height_max_m": 3.34,
"wave_period_max_s": 8.25
},
{
"date": "2026-10-13",
"swell_height_max_m": 1.52,
"wave_height_max_m": 1.76,
"wave_period_max_s": 7.3
},
{
"date": "2026-10-14",
"swell_height_max_m": 1.12,
"wave_height_max_m": 1.78,
"wave_period_max_s": 5.8
},
{
"date": "2026-10-15",
"swell_height_max_m": 1.18,
"wave_height_max_m": 1.62,
"wave_period_max_s": 6.55
},
{
"date": "2026-10-16",
"swell_height_max_m": 1.56,
"wave_height_max_m": 3.46,
"wave_period_max_s": 6.85
}
],
"location": {
"grid_lat": 40.041664,
"grid_lon": -70.04166,
"lat": 40,
"lon": -70,
"timezone": "Etc/GMT+5"
},
"observed_at": "2026-10-12T16:00",
"sea_state": "rough",
"source": "Open-Meteo marine (ECMWF WAM / DWD)",
"swell": {
"direction_deg": 188,
"height_m": 2.04,
"period_s": 7
},
"wave_direction_deg": 201,
"wave_height_m": 2.54,
"wave_period_s": 7.15,
"wind_wave_height_m": 1.46
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://saylorinnovations.com/api/marine/waves?lat=40&lon=-70'
# 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://saylorinnovations.com/api/marine/waves?lat=40&lon=-70' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// 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 $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
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 $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaylorinnovations.com%2Fapi%2Fmarine%2Fwaves
const res = await pay("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/marine/waves?lat=40&lon=-70");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# 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 $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/marine/waves?lat=40&lon=-70")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 h ago | Passed | 402 | 906 ms | $0.01 |
| 7 h ago | Passed | 402 | 590 ms | $0.01 |
| 12 h ago | Passed | 402 | 621 ms | $0.01 |