How do I find my nearest CO-OPS station?

Visit tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/map to find your nearest station and its ID number. Major stations include 8518750 (NYC), 9414290 (San Francisco), 8723214 (Virginia Key, Miami).

CO-OPS stands for Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, a branch of NOAA that manages a national network of coastal stations providing marine environmental data.

Can I get long-term sea level trends?

Yes, the API provides sea level rise trends calculated over decades of data, offering precise measurements of relative sea level changes in millimeters per year at specific coastal stations.

NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server for Cline 6 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

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About NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server

Complete US coastal data from NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services.

Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 6 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.

What you can do

Water Levels — Real-time tides from 200+ stations
Tide Predictions — Hi/lo tide forecasts
Currents — Speed and direction
Water Temperature — Coastal water temps
Met Data — Air temp, wind, pressure at coastal stations
Sea Level Trends — Decades of sea level rise data

The NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server exposes 6 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Cline in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data to Cline via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server with Cline.

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Toggle the server switch to ON

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Why Use Cline with the NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server

Cline provides unique advantages when paired with NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data through the Model Context Protocol.

Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts

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NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data + Cline Use Cases

Practical scenarios where Cline combined with the NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Autonomous feature building: tell Cline to fetch data from NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data and scaffold a complete module with types, handlers, and tests

Codebase refactoring: use NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data tools to validate live data while Cline restructures your code to match updated schemas

Automated testing: Cline fetches real responses from NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data and generates snapshot tests or mocks based on actual payloads

Incident response: query NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data for real-time status and let Cline generate hotfix patches based on the findings

NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Tools for Cline (6)

These 6 tools become available when you connect NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data to Cline via MCP:

get_currents

Available at select CO-OPS stations with current meters. Get observed ocean current speed and direction at a US coastal station

get_meteorological

Complements water-level data for a complete coastal picture. Get coastal meteorological data: air temp, wind, pressure at a station

get_sea_level_trends

Shows long-term relative sea level trends calculated from decades of tide gauge data. Critical for climate research. Get long-term sea level rise trends for a US coastal station

get_tide_predictions

Provides predicted high and low tide times and heights. Useful for fishing, boating, coastal activities. Default is next 48 hours. Get tide predictions (hi/lo) for a US coastal station

get_water_levels

Data in meters relative to station datum. Provide a CO-OPS station ID (e.g., 8518750 for The Battery, NYC; 9414290 for San Francisco). Get observed water levels (tides) at a US coastal station

get_water_temperature

Useful for marine biology, fishing, surfing, and coastal research. Get water temperature at a US coastal station

Example Prompts for NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data in Cline

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Cline agent to start working with NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data immediately.

"What are the tide predictions for today at The Battery, NYC?"

"What is the current water temperature in San Francisco Bay?"

"Show me the sea level rise trend for Miami over the last 50 years."

Troubleshooting NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server with Cline

Common issues when connecting NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data to Cline through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

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NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data + Cline FAQ

Common questions about integrating NOAA Marine — Tides, Currents & Coastal Data MCP Server with Cline.

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