How to Use the NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP in Claude Code

Q: How do I add the NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server to Claude Code?

Run claude mcp add --transport http noaa-marine -- in your terminal. Once added, Claude Code will have direct access to all six NOAA tools.

Q: Can I export the data retrieved by this server?

Yes. Tell Claude Code to save the output from getmeteorological or getwatertemperature to a local CSV or JSON file, and it will write the file directly to your disk.

Pipe live US coastal telemetry and tide predictions directly into your terminal scripts with Claude Code and this NOAA Marine MCP Server.

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Feed real-time tide telemetry into terminal pipelines

This MCP Server provides `get_water_levels` and `get_tide_predictions` to let your terminal agent pull marine data directly into shell scripts. Claude Code queries the live NOAA stations, allowing you to pipe water heights and tide predictions directly into other CLI utilities. This is built for headless automation. You can set up a cron job or a terminal command that checks water levels at specific station IDs, using Claude Code to parse the JSON and trigger alerts if levels exceed safe thresholds.

Query coastal weather and ocean currents from the CLI

The `get_meteorological` tool fetches air temperature, wind, and barometric pressure, while `get_currents` retrieves speed and direction from active current meters. Claude Code accesses these tools to give you a complete coastal weather picture without opening a browser. Because Claude Code lives in the terminal, it can instantly format this telemetry into clean markdown tables or raw JSON. You get fast, scriptable access to live oceanographic data right inside your SSH session.

Script historical sea level trends and water temperatures

Use `get_sea_level_trends` to pull decades of relative sea level rise data, and `get_water_temperature` to grab real-time water temps. Claude Code uses these tools to run quick terminal-based environmental audits. This integration lets you build lightweight data pipelines. Claude Code runs the queries, saves the output to a local file, and prepares it for ingestion into your databases or backend services.

Setup guide

Set up NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP in Claude Code

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Run the add command

Open your terminal and run the command shown on the right. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com. Use --scope user to make it available across all projects.
2

Verify the connection

Start a Claude Code session and type /mcp to list connected servers. You should see noaa-marine-tides-currents-coastal-data-mcp with a green status indicator.
3

Start using tools

Ask Claude Code something like "Check my latest NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data transactions." It will automatically discover and invoke the available NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data tools.

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http noaa-marine-tides-currents-coastal-data-mcp https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

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Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open the config file

Create or edit .mcp.json in your project root for project-level scope, or ~/.claude.json for user-level scope.
2

Add the NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Restart Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session. Type /mcp to confirm the server is connected. The tools will be automatically available in your conversation.

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noaa-marine-tides-currents-coastal-data-mcp": {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP in Claude Code

Run `claude mcp add --transport http noaa-marine -- ` in your terminal. Once added, Claude Code will have direct access to all six NOAA tools.

Yes. Claude Code can run in headless environments, allowing you to query tools like `get_water_levels` and `get_tide_predictions` as part of automated CI/CD pipelines or cron jobs.

You can pass the station ID directly in your prompt, or ask Claude Code to look up the ID for a specific coastal city before calling tools like `get_currents`.

Yes. Tell Claude Code to save the output from `get_meteorological` or `get_water_temperature` to a local CSV or JSON file, and it will write the file directly to your disk.

The server only queries public, non-classified NOAA marine telemetry such as ocean currents and water heights. All requests go through Vinkius's zero-trust sandboxed environment, keeping your terminal session and local network isolated.

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