---
title: "Get current station by ID"
method: GET
path: "/currents/stations/{source}/{id}"
---

# Get current station by ID

`GET /currents/stations/{source}/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openwaters.io`
- URL: `https://api.openwaters.io/currents/stations/{source}/{id}`
- Auth: none required

Find a current station by its ID. An ID without a bin is the station's primary bin; append `@N` for bin N.

## Path parameters

- `source` string, required
- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

Station found

- CurrentStation
  - `id` string
  - `name` string
  - `latitude` number
  - `longitude` number
  - `region` string
  - `country` string
  - `continent` string
  - `timezone` string
  - `type` 'reference' | 'subordinate'
  - `source` object
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
    - `url` string
  - `license` object
    - `type` string
    - `commercial_use` boolean
    - `url` string
    - `notes` string
  - `disclaimers` string
  - `distance` number: Distance from query point in kilometers (only for proximity searches)
  - `datums` object
    - `CD` number
    - `CRD_OFFSET` number
    - `DHQ` number
    - `DLQ` number
    - `DTL` number
    - `GT` number
    - `GUVD04` number
    - `HAT` number
    - `HWI` number
    - `LAT` number
    - `LLWLT` number
    - `LWI` number
    - `MHHW` number
    - `MHW` number
    - `MHWN` number
    - `MHWS` number
    - `MLLW` number
    - `MLW` number
    - `MLWN` number
    - `MLWS` number
    - `MN` number
    - `MSL` number
    - `MTL` number
    - `NAVD88` number
    - `NLLW` number
    - `NMVD03` number
    - `NN2000` number
    - `PRVD02` number
    - `STND` number
    - `TLT` number
    - `VIVD09` number
  - `harmonic_constituents` object[]
    - `name` string
    - `amplitude` number
    - `phase` number
  - `defaultDatum` string
  - `offsets` object
    - `reference` string
    - `height` object
      - `high` number
      - `low` number
      - `type` 'ratio' | 'fixed'
    - `time` object
      - `high` number
      - `low` number
  - `bins` CurrentBin[], required: Every depth bin of this station, primary first
    - `id` string, required: Station ID for this bin
    - `bin` integer: Bin number; absent for the primary bin, which the bare station ID selects
  - `predictions` boolean, required: Whether this API can serve predictions for the station
  - `unavailable` string: Why predictions can't be served, when `predictions` is false
  - `kind` 'current'
  - `current` object
    - `flood_direction` number: Degrees true
    - `ebb_direction` number: Degrees true
    - `mean_flow` number: Knots
    - `offsets` object: Subordinate stations only. Times in minutes, ratios dimensionless.
      - `reference` string
      - `slack_before_flood` number
      - `slack_before_ebb` number
      - `flood_time` number
      - `ebb_time` number
      - `flood_speed_ratio` number
      - `ebb_speed_ratio` number

## Other responses

- `404`: Station or bin not found

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