NOAA Tides

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NOAA Tides & Currents — observations, predictions, datums, stations. Keyless.

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Tools

stations

List all NOAA Tides & Currents monitoring stations; filter by type (waterlevels, currents, physical, or meteorological). Returns station IDs, names, and geographic coordinates.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
typeoptstring—
formatoptstring—
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station_metadatarequired: station

Fetch full metadata for a single NOAA station by its numeric station ID (e.g. 8454000), including location, available products, and operational status.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
stationreqstring—
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predictionsrequired: station, begin_date, end_date

Tide predictions.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
stationreqstring—
begin_datereqstring—
end_datereqstring—
datumoptstring—
intervaloptstring—
unitsoptstring—
time_zoneoptstring—
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water_levelrequired: station, begin_date, end_date

Fetch observed (verified) water level readings for a NOAA station over a date range (YYYYMMDD format), referenced to a tidal datum (default MLLW). Returns timestamped water-height values in english or

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
stationreqstring—
begin_datereqstring—
end_datereqstring—
datumoptstring—
unitsoptstring—
time_zoneoptstring—
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currentsrequired: station, begin_date, end_date

Fetch observed current speed and direction readings for a NOAA current station over a date range; optionally specify bin number for ADCP stations. Returns timestamped velocity data in english or metri

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
stationreqstring—
begin_datereqstring—
end_datereqstring—
binoptnumber—
unitsoptstring—
time_zoneoptstring—
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met_obsrequired: station, product, begin_date, end_date

Fetch meteorological observations from a NOAA station over a date range for a specific product (wind, air_temperature, water_temperature, air_pressure, humidity, conductivity, or visibility). Returns

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
stationreqstring—
productreqstring—
begin_datereqstring—
end_datereqstring—
unitsoptstring—
time_zoneoptstring—
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datumsrequired: station

Vertical datums for a station.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
stationreqstring—
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/noaa-tides/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/noaa-tides/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"stations","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("stations", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("noaa tides & currents — observations, predictions, datums, stations");