Developers

API & docs

Pull the same report the site shows, as JSON, or connect it to your own agent over MCP. The report generation pipeline, the MCP server and the account API are live in this build. The account, key and usage endpoints under /v1/* are deployed and enforcing auth; the wider endpoint catalogue below is still a shape.

Read the status labels. There is a deployed API behind api.fishingreportagent.com — the account, key and usage endpoints under /v1/* are live and enforcing auth (an unauthenticated call returns 401). The wider endpoint catalogue below still describes intended behavior and may change. Report generation, the artifact store, the MCP server and the account surface are built and working; see AI & MCP for the live surface. Nothing below is a commitment to a schema.

Quickstart (intended)

Create an account

Free tier, 10 report calls a day per account. Email verification would be required before the first call.

Make a key

One key per tool you connect. Keys are per account, but the daily allowance is shared across them.

Call the report endpoint

Send a launch point and a destination (or a single spot) and get back a structured report.

Authentication

Bearer key

Not live

Requests carry an API key in the Authorization header. No key exists in this build, and no key belongs in client-side code — the example below is a placeholder shape only.

// shape only — no such key exists Authorization: Bearer fra_live_<your-key>

Endpoints

GET /v1/report key required

The full fishing report: verdict, wave ladder, tides, solunar, water temp.

lat, lon: Destination or spot coordinates.
launch_lat, launch_lon: Optional. If given, the wave ladder is computed along the route.
legs: Number of legs to sample between launch and destination (default 4).
window: ISO 8601 trip window, e.g. 2026-09-12T05:30/2026-09-12T15:00.
units: imperial (default) or metric.
format: json (default) or text for a readable report.

GET /v1/report?launch_lat=30.14&launch_lon=-85.70&lat=29.71&lon=-85.86&legs=4&units=imperial // 200 OK — sample payload, not a real forecast { "verdict": { "call": "marginal", "score": 5.4, "headline": "Marginal — go small, or fish inside 20 nm", "drivers": ["short_period_sea", "sea_state_builds_offshore"] }, "wave_ladder": [ { "leg": "launch", "nm": 0, "height_ft": 1.2, "period_s": 4, "direction_deg": 158 }, { "leg": "10nm", "nm": 10, "height_ft": 2.1, "period_s": 5, "direction_deg": 160 }, { "leg": "20nm", "nm": 20, "height_ft": 2.9, "period_s": 6, "direction_deg": 172 }, { "leg": "30nm", "nm": 30, "height_ft": 3.4, "period_s": 7, "direction_deg": 178 }, { "leg": "destination", "nm": 38, "height_ft": 3.8, "period_s": 7, "direction_deg": 184 } ], "water_temp_f": 78.4, "sources": ["wave_model_a", "point_forecast_b"], "sample": true }

GET /v1/marine/point key required

One point, one time: wind, seas, swell, air and water temperature. The building block behind the ladder.

lat, lon: Point to sample.
at: ISO 8601 timestamp. Defaults to now.

// 200 OK — sample payload { "at": "2026-09-12T10:00:00-05:00", "wind": { "speed_kt": 12, "gust_kt": 17, "direction_deg": 158 }, "seas": { "height_ft": 3.8, "period_s": 7, "direction_deg": 184 }, "swell": { "height_ft": 1.1, "period_s": 11, "direction_deg": 138 }, "air_temp_f": 76, "water_temp_f": 78.4 }

GET /v1/tides key required

Highs and lows for a station near a point, with the current stage between them.

// 200 OK — sample payload { "station": "St. Andrew Bay entrance", "datum": "MLLW", "events": [ { "time": "2026-09-12T06:12-05:00", "type": "low", "height_ft": 0.4 }, { "time": "2026-09-12T13:47-05:00", "type": "high", "height_ft": 1.6 }, { "time": "2026-09-12T20:05-05:00", "type": "low", "height_ft": 0.9 } ], "stage": "rising" }

GET /v1/solunar key required

Sunrise, sunset, moon phase and the major/minor feeding windows. Computed, not forecast.

// 200 OK — sample payload { "sun": { "rise": "07:12", "set": "19:24", "legal_light": "06:44" }, "moon": { "phase": "waxing_gibbous", "illumination": 0.78 }, "windows": [ { "start": "05:40", "end": "07:40", "type": "major" } ] }

GET /v1/usage key required

Current allowance and consumption. This is what draws the usage meter in the app.

// 200 OK — sample payload { "period": "day", "used": 3, "limit": 10, "resets_at": "2026-09-13T00:00:00-05:00", "scope": "account" }

Usage meter component

How it renders

Sample data

One component, used on the dashboard and the pricing page. It reads the shape above and shows used / limit / reset. Interactive here so you can see both states.

3 of 10 calls today resets 00:00 CT

Within free tier scope: account

MCP server

For your own agent

Live over stdioHTTP planned

The MCP server ships in this repository and runs over stdio today. It reads stored report artifacts — it never regenerates and never calls upstream. Full detail, including auth, quota and the disclosure rules, is on AI & MCP. Tools as built:

get_fishing_report: Full report for a slug, or a lat/lng plus date.
list_locations: Runs that exist in the artifact store, newest first.
get_conditions: Conditions block plus the wave ladder, from a stored report.
get_usage: Remaining allowance and the server's auth mode.
list_affiliate_partners: Ranked affiliate shortlist for operators.

Every result — success, refusal or error — carries the attribution and the safety disclaimer, so an agent cannot quietly present these numbers as a clearance to go.

Errors (intended)

Shape

{ "error": { "code": "quota_exceeded", "message": "Daily free-tier allowance reached (10/day per account).", "resets_at": "2026-09-13T00:00:00-05:00" } }

Status	Code	Meaning
401	`missing_key`	No bearer key on the request.
403	`key_revoked`	Key no longer valid.
422	`bad_coordinates`	Point is not in a supported marine area.
429	`quota_exceeded`	Daily allowance used up.
503	`upstream_unavailable`	A required forecast source is down; the report is refused rather than served with holes.

Data sources

What feeds the report

Point forecasts and observations — the first data slice, verified against live public feeds (NDAB and NWS) during development.
Wave models — planned via scheduled GRIB ingest. Not built.
Tides — planned from station predictions and harmonics. Not built.
Solunar and astro — computed locally; deterministic.

Only sources that actually exist are named. Multiple sources are shown per value so you can see where they agree and where they don't, rather than hiding the spread behind one number.

Build status

Honest state of things

Demo build

Piece	State	Notes
This website	Built	One token layer, zero inline styles. Marketing panels still show labelled sample content.
Report generation	Working	Real reports from live upstreams, published to `/report.html` and `/reports/<slug>.html`.
Verdict engine	Working	Fixed vocabulary: go / go small / go inside / stay home.
Render-once artifact store	Working	Standalone HTML + JSON. Re-views cost zero API calls and zero tokens.
MCP server	Live over stdio	Reads the artifact store. Hosted HTTP/SSE not built.
Tides & astro	Working	NOAA CO-OPS and USNO, both public domain. Solunar computed locally.
Wave ladder	Partial	Works where a wave-capable buoy is in range; Gulf routes often have none, and the gap is reported rather than filled.
Hosted REST API	Not deployed	Shapes documented above.
Accounts, verification, hosted quota	Not built	Next up. Auth and quota hooks already exist in the MCP layer.
Inland mode, reefs/ramps/MPAs, red tide, regulatory	Not started	Designed, not built.

Safety disclaimer

Read this

Marine forecasts are uncertain, and the sea is indifferent to your plans. This product is informational only. It is not a marine forecast service, it is not a clearance to depart, and it is not a substitute for official marine warnings or your own judgment. Responsibility for deciding whether to leave the dock always rests with the skipper. The generated report carries this notice itself, so it travels with the report.

Get a key (not live yet) → See the live report