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?[params]

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

ZHUJIANG ESTURAY‘s currents on 2021-02-16

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, all fields are Strings.

{
  "code": "200",
  "updateTime": "2021-02-16T05:02+07:00",
  "fxLink": "http://hfx.link/1",
  "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": [
      "commercial license"
    ]
  }
}

code API status code, please refer to 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