`ndbc_stations`

Pack: noaa-ndbc · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/noaa-ndbc/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/ndbc_stations for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

List active NOAA National Data Buoy Center stations — moored buoys, coastal C-MAN sites, tsunami DART stations and partner platforms — filtered by bounding box, name, owner, type or the measurements they carry. AUTHORITATIVE for “which buoy is nearest X” and for finding the station id that ndbc_latest_obs needs. Sourced from the NDBC active-station inventory.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`bbox`	string	no	Bounding box “minLon,minLat,maxLon,maxLat” (WGS84)
`near_latitude`	number	no	Decimal degrees — with near_longitude, return the closest stations first
`near_longitude`	number	no	Decimal degrees (negative in the US)
`name_contains`	string	no	Case-insensitive substring of the station name, e.g. “Monterey”
`owner`	string	no	Case-insensitive substring of the operating agency, e.g. “NDBC”, “Scripps”
`type`	string	no	Station type: “buoy”, “fixed”, “dart”, “oilrig”, “tao”
`has_met`	boolean	no	Only stations reporting standard meteorological data
`has_waterquality`	boolean	no	Only stations reporting water quality
`has_currents`	boolean	no	Only stations reporting ocean currents
`limit`	number	no	Max stations to return (default 50, max 500)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "near_latitude": 37.77,
  "near_longitude": -122.42,
  "has_met": true,
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/noaa-ndbc/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ndbc_stations","arguments":{"near_latitude":37.77,"near_longitude":-122.42,"has_met":true,"limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('ndbc_stations', {
  "near_latitude": 37.77,
  "near_longitude": -122.42,
  "has_met": true,
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "bbox": "-125.0,32.0,-117.0,42.0",
  "type": "buoy",
  "limit": 10
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noaa-ndbc": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/noaa-ndbc/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ndbc_stations