Tidal current predictions for a CO-OPS current station: max flood and ebb speeds, slack times, and the station's mean flood and ebb bearings. These are forecast predictions from CO-OPS, distinct from noaa_marine_get_current_profile, which returns NDBC observed ocean-current measurements binned by depth. The default MAX_SLACK interval is the practical planning view, showing when currents peak and when slack water occurs, and a 6-minute interval returns the continuous curve for detailed analysis, each row carrying its own flood/ebb/slack sense. A station can publish predictions for several depth bins at different depths: bin selects one, omitting it takes the CO-OPS default of the shallowest bin, and the bin and its depth are echoed on every response — read bins[] on a noaa_marine_find_stations current row for the bins a station actually has. A station whose currents CO-OPS will not predict as discrete events answers with an empty list and its own wording in the notice rather than an error. Both intervals are bounded by response size: a range whose rows fit is returned whole, a longer one returns the leading rows with rows_matched, rows_returned, and next_offset reporting how much matched and which offset reaches the rest, and offset and limit walk whichever series the interval selects. Current station IDs are alphanumeric (e.g. ACT4176), distinct from the numeric tide and water-level IDs, and the date range is limited to 1 year per request — use noaa_marine_find_stations with types=["current"] to obtain a valid current station ID.
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