Currents

Platform: API iOS Android

Global currents data for the next 10 days, including currents speed and direction.

Request URL

https://api.qweather.com/v7/ocean/currents?{QueryParams}

Request Parameters

All parameters are separated by &. If no optional parameters are set, the default value will be used.

  • location(required)The currents station to be queried, need LocationID and LocationID can be obtained by POI Lookup. For example: location=P66981
  • date(required)Set the date, up to 10 days in the future (including today). The date format is yyyyMMdd. Eexample: date=20200531
  • key(required)API authentication key, please refer to How To Get Your Key. Support Signature Authentication. Example: key=12334567890ABC

Request Example

curl -L -X GET --compressed 'https://api.qweather.com/v7/ocean/currents?location=P66981&date=20210310&key=YOUR_KEY'

Response

The response is in JSON format and is Gzip compressed.

{
  "code": "200",
  "updateTime": "2021-02-16T05:02+07:00",
  "fxLink": "https://www.qweather.com",
  "currentsTable": [
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T02:27+07:00",
      "speedMax": "6.0"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T08:03+07:00",
      "speedMax": "60.0"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T15:33+07:00",
      "speedMax": "91.0"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T22:40+07:00",
      "speedMax": "41.0"
    }
  ],
  "currentsHourly": [
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T00:00+07:00",
      "speed": "22.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T01:00+07:00",
      "speed": "13.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T02:00+07:00",
      "speed": "7.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T03:00+07:00",
      "speed": "7.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T04:00+07:00",
      "speed": "15.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T05:00+07:00",
      "speed": "28.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T06:00+07:00",
      "speed": "43.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T07:00+07:00",
      "speed": "55.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T08:00+07:00",
      "speed": "60.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T09:00+07:00",
      "speed": "55.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T10:00+07:00",
      "speed": "39.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T11:00+07:00",
      "speed": "13.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T12:00+07:00",
      "speed": "19.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T13:00+07:00",
      "speed": "49.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T14:00+07:00",
      "speed": "75.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T15:00+07:00",
      "speed": "89.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T16:00+07:00",
      "speed": "90.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T17:00+07:00",
      "speed": "77.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T18:00+07:00",
      "speed": "54.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "113",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T19:00+07:00",
      "speed": "25.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T20:00+07:00",
      "speed": "3.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T21:00+07:00",
      "speed": "26.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T22:00+07:00",
      "speed": "38.000"
    },
    {
      "dir360": "293",
      "fxTime": "2021-03-10T23:00+07:00",
      "speed": "40.000"
    }
  ],
  "refer": {
    "sources": [
      "qweather.com"
    ],
    "license": [
      "QWeather Developers License"
    ]
  }
}
  • code See Status Code
  • updateTime API last update time
  • fxLink Responsive web page of this data, for embedded in website or APP
  • currentsTable.fxTime Maximum speed time
  • currentsTable.speedMax Maximum speed, cm/sec
  • currentsTable.dir360 Currents direction in azimuth degree
  • currentsHourly.fxTime Hourly forecast time
  • currentsHourly.speed Currents speed, cm/sec
  • currentsHourly.dir360 Currents direction in azimuth degree
  • refer.sources Data source and other statements, may be null
  • refer.license Data license, may be null