Find nearest buoy to coordinates

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "buoy": {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "Anglet",
      "lat": 43.4832,
      "lng": -1.5586,
      "source": "Candhis",
      "source_identifier": "64002",
      "distance_km": 2.5
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-11-01T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

GET

buoys

nearest

Find nearest buoy to coordinates

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.thebuoy.app/v2/buoys/nearest")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "buoy": {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "Anglet",
      "lat": 43.4832,
      "lng": -1.5586,
      "source": "Candhis",
      "source_identifier": "64002",
      "distance_km": 2.5
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamp": "2025-11-01T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

API key authentication. Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Format: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Alternative: Pass as query parameter ?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Security: API keys are stored as BCrypt hashes (never plain text). Only the hash is stored in the database.

Query Parameters

lat

number<float>

required

Latitude in decimal degrees (-90 to 90)

Required range: -90 <= x <= 90

lng

number<float>

required

Longitude in decimal degrees (-180 to 180)

Required range: -180 <= x <= 180

max_distance

number<float>

default:150

Maximum search radius in kilometers (default: 150)

Required range: x >= 0

limit

integer

default:1

Maximum number of results to return (default: 1, max: 20)

Required range: 1 <= x <= 20

Response

Successful response with nearest buoy(s)

Option 1
Option 2

Response when limit=1 (single buoy)

status

string

Example:

"success"

data

object

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Find nearest buoy to coordinates

Authorizations

Query Parameters

Response