Home Assistant

NOAA Tides

The noaa_tides sensor integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] uses details from NOAA Tides and Currents to provide information about the prediction for the tides for any location in the United States.

Setup

This integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] requires the use of a NOAA station ID. Search NOAA Tide Predictions to find a location. Use the ID from the search results in your configuration. Alternatively, you can determine a station ID from a URL. For example, 8721164 in the following URL: https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=8721164

Configuration

To use this integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more], add the following to your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file. After changing the configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. To view the changes, go to Settings > Devices & services > Entities.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: noaa_tides
    station_id: 8721164

Configuration Variables

Looking for your configuration file?
station_id string Required

ID of the station you’d like to track from https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html.

name string (Optional, default: NOAA Tides.)

User-supplied sensor name.

time_zone list (Optional)

User-selected timezone.

Default:

Local Standard Time/Local Daylight Time.

gmt

Greenwich Mean Time.

lst

Local Standard Time. The time local to the requested station.

lst_ldt

Local Standard/Local Daylight Time. The time local to the requested station.

unit_system string (Optional)

Specify the unit system. Use metric (Celsius, meters, cm/s) or english (fahrenheit, feet, knots) units.

Default:

Defaults to metric or imperial based on the Home Assistant configuration.