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Irish Weather Buoy Network real-time data (Marine Institute ERDDAP)

Name: Irish Weather Buoy Network real-time data (Marine Institute ERDDAP)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ireland: hourly meteorological and wave observations from the Irish weather buoys

Freeauth: noneCC-BY-4.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless ERDDAP dataset.
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Commercial use?: YesCC-BY-4.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: The IWBNetwork dataset's licence attribute names CC BY 4.0 with the 4.0 deed URL. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: credit the Marine Institute.

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// Overview

Irish Weather Buoy Network real-time data (Marine Institute ERDDAP)

Ireland's Marine Institute publishes near-real-time hourly observations from the Irish moored Weather Buoy Network (pressure, air and sea temperature, wind, gusts and waves) through a keyless ERDDAP dataset, as CSV, JSON or netCDF.

Coverage

Ireland: hourly meteorological and wave observations from the Irish weather buoys.

Good for

#weather#ireland#marine#buoys#api#government

Verdict

A near-real-time marine weather source, alongside noaa-ndbc-buoy-data. Licence: CC-BY-4.0: the dataset's own licence metadata says "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)" The ERDDAP legal notices say per-dataset licence metadata governs, and contain no ban on automated access. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless ERDDAP dataset.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC-BY-4.0
License note	The IWBNetwork dataset's licence attribute names CC BY 4.0 with the 4.0 deed URL. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: Irish Weather Buoy Network real-time data (Marine Institute ERDDAP)
slug: marine-institute-irish-weather-buoys
category: Weather
domain: Weather
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/marine-institute-irish-weather-buoys
providerUrl: https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/IWBNetwork.html
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless ERDDAP dataset.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/IWBNetwork.html
coverage: Ireland: hourly meteorological and wave observations from the Irish weather buoys.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/tabledap/IWBNetwork.html
https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/info/IWBNetwork/index.json
https://erddap.marine.ie/erddap/legal.html
tasks: weather
ireland
marine
buoys
api
government
license: CC-BY-4.0
licenseUrl: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
licenseNote: The IWBNetwork dataset's licence attribute names CC BY 4.0 with the 4.0 deed URL. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Required by CC BY 4.0: credit the Marine Institute.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "marine-institute-irish-weather-buoys"
    }
  }
}

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Irish Weather Buoy Network real-time data (Marine Institute ERDDAP)

Coverage

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Verdict

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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