Looking for an alternative to Noaa Tides And Currents MCP? Whether you need a different runtime environment, custom authentication support, or alternative API integrations in the Environment & Nature ecosystem, we have cataloged and compared the top alternative MCP servers below.
The noaa-tides-and-currents-mcp MCP server exposes NOAA water-level, tide, current, meteorological, station, climate, astronomy, and marine forecast capabilities through MCP. It runs locally over stdio by default, with optional stateless streamable HTTP mode, and retrieves data from open NOAA APIs while performing astronomy calculations locally. Responses can be returned as readable Markdown or structured JSON, with units and relevant quality information included. Reach for it when an agent needs marine conditions, station discovery, tide and current predictions, flooding analysis, or sun and moon context without an API key.
Direct comparison of key metrics, runtimes, authentication methods, and community popularity.
| Server Name | Runtime | Auth | Pricing | GitHub Stars | Downloads | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | No auth required | Free | 6 | — | Current | |
| uvx | API key | Free | 29 | — | Compare → | |
| uvx | API key | Freemium | 1 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | API key | Free | 41 | — | Compare → | |
| — | API key | Bring your own API key (usage-based cost) | 2 | — | Compare → | |
| uvx | API key | Bring your own API key (usage-based cost) | 12 | — | Compare → | |
| Remote (SSE) | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → | |
| bunx | Free/None | Free | 1 | — | Compare → | |
| bunx | Free/None | Free | 8 | — | Compare → | |
| uvx | Free/None | Free | — | — | Compare → | |
| bunx | Free/None | Free | 4 | — | Compare → | |
| bunx | Free/None | Free | 4 | — | Compare → | |
| npx | Free/None | Free | 5 | — | Compare → |