Developer Tools

Beach Day API

Real-time beach data for developers

The API that answers: "should I go to the beach today?" One REST API call returns real-time water quality grades, wave height, water temperature, UV index, wind speed, tide data, and active advisories — covering 12,000+ beaches across the United States, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Italy, France, Croatia, Greece, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Fiji, New Zealand, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, American Samoa, Tuvalu, Niue, Wallis and Futuna, India, and Tokelau. Built for developers who want reliable coastal data without the scraping headache. THE PROBLEM Coastal data is fragmented across NOAA buoys, state water quality programs, tide stations, and county health advisories — each with different APIs, formats, and auth schemes. Anyone building a travel app, real estate tool, outdoor recreation product, or local weather service has to scrape and stitch together multiple sources. Beach Day API solves this by aggregating all of it into one clean REST API. One curl call, one JSON response, one answer. SAMPLE RESPONSE { "beach_id": 1, "name": "Venice Beach", "beach_day_score": 8.5, "water_quality": { "grade": "A", "ecoli_cfu": 18 }, "weather": { "temp_f": 76, "wind_mph": 8, "humidity_pct": 62 }, "ocean_conditions": { "wave_height_ft": 2.5, "rip_current_risk": "low" }, "tides": [ {"time": "06:42", "type": "low", "height_ft": 0.3}, {"time": "13:15", "type": "high", "height_ft": 5.1} ] } DATA COVERAGE • 11,000+ beaches worldwide. • Real-time water quality grades sourced from state and national monitoring programs • Ocean conditions from NOAA NDBC buoys mapped to each beach • Tide predictions from NOAA tide stations • Active advisories, closures, and health warnings DEVELOPER FEATURES • Clean REST API — Bearer token auth, JSON responses • Code examples in curl, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, and Go • Response includes a composite beach_day_score (0–10) with all raw data available • Official Python client: pip install beachdayapi • Official Node.js client: npm install beachdayapi • Zapier integration — connect to Slack, Gmail, 9000+ apps, no code • Apify integration — connect to various apps, no code • Credit-based pricing — no subscriptions, no surprise bills • 50 free credits on signup (no credit card required) PRICING Starter $20 2,000 credits Pro $50 5,000 credits Enterprise $200 22,000 credits Endpoint costs range from free (/health) to 10 credits depending on depth. GET STARTED https://beachdayapi.com — sign up, grab your API key, and make your first call in 60 seconds. No credit card needed.