Ocean Buoys MCP Connector for Claude

Connect any AI agent to live ocean observations — the readings NOAA's National Data Buoy Center pulls straight off its buoys and coastal stations, refreshed every 10 minutes. No key required.

What you can do

• Ask what the sea is doing anywhere there is a buoy — wind speed, direction and gusts, wave height, swell period and direction, sea and air temperature, and pressure, with the last few readings so the trend shows
• Get the sea state for surf or swell questions — significant wave height, dominant and average wave period, mean wave direction and water temperature
• Check the wind for sailing, kite surfing or aviation — current speed, direction and gusts plus recent readings to see whether it is building or easing
• Find the nearest buoy to any place — over a thousand active stations, ordered by distance from your latitude and longitude

How it works

1. Subscribe to this server — no account, no key
2. Ask your agent: "What's the sea state outside New York Harbor?", "Find the buoy nearest Lisbon and tell me the wind", "How big are the waves at buoy 41001?"
3. The agent reads the latest observation from that station and answers in plain language

Good to know

Not every station has every sensor — a harbour buoy may report wind but no waves, and this server says so plainly instead of inventing a number. Wave height is the significant wave height, the average of the highest third of waves; individual waves can be roughly twice as high. Times are UTC. Coverage is densest in US waters and the North Atlantic.

Who is this for

• Surfers, sailors and kite surfers — "is it firing at my spot?" answered from the buoy that sits there
• Marine and coastal operators — real sea state for a route, a port approach or a work window
• Weather apps and dashboards — add live marine observations without a paid marine API
• Anyone with a chat window — "how warm is the water where I'm going?" answered by the instrument that measures it