diff --git a/dascore/constants.py b/dascore/constants.py
index de3f97b99..ed171435d 100644
--- a/dascore/constants.py
+++ b/dascore/constants.py
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ def map(self, fn: Callable, iterable: Iterable, /) -> Iterable:
 select_values_description = """
 Any dimension name can be passed as key, and the values can be:
     - a tuple of (min, max) for that dimension, or an equivalent slice.
-      `None` and ... both indicate open intervals.
+      `None` and ... both indicate open intervals, as does an infinite
+      bound pointing away from the data, eg `(min, np.inf)`.
     - an integer, when `samples=True`, to select a single row or column.
     - an array of values to select, which must be a subset of the
       coordinate array.
diff --git a/dascore/core/coords.py b/dascore/core/coords.py
index 8144bd350..f2a0d7435 100644
--- a/dascore/core/coords.py
+++ b/dascore/core/coords.py
@@ -1651,13 +1651,31 @@ def _get_index(self, value, forward=True):
             except ZeroDivisionError:
                 return self._get_zero_step_index(value, forward)
             if not math.isfinite(fraction):
-                return self._get_zero_step_index(value, forward)
-            out = math.ceil(fraction) if forward else math.floor(fraction)
+                # A zero step, whose samples all equal start, has a
+                # degenerate but defined index. Ask it by truthiness: a
+                # timedelta step compared to a bare 0 warns (and will
+                # eventually raise) about the generic unit that implies.
+                if not step:
+                    return self._get_zero_step_index(value, forward)
+                # Otherwise the fraction is infinite: a bound past one end of
+                # the coord, either because the bound itself is infinite or
+                # because it sits far enough from start to overflow the
+                # division. Its sign says which end, and the range checks
+                # below turn the end the samples are not on into an open
+                # side. It cannot be NaN; a null bound, NaN and NaT alike,
+                # is already None by the time it gets here.
+                out = len(self) if fraction > 0 else -1
+            else:
+                out = math.ceil(fraction) if forward else math.floor(fraction)
             if forward and out < 0:
                 return None
             if not forward and out >= len(self):
                 return None
             return out
+        # A 0d array is Sized but holds a single bound, so unbox it rather
+        # than let the array path cast its infinity to the smallest int64.
+        if getattr(value, "ndim", 1) == 0:
+            return self._get_index(value[()], forward=forward)
         array = np.atleast_1d(value)
         func = np.ceil if forward else np.floor
         # Due to float weirdness we need a little bit of a fudge factor here.
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd b/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd
index cf9eea52a..8670a14c4 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd
+++ b/docs/tutorial/patch.qmd
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ The following methods help trim, reshape, and manipulate coordinates.
 
 ## Select
 
-Patches are trimmed using the [`Patch.select`](`dascore.Patch.select`) method. Unlike [`Patch.order`](`dascore.Patch.order`), `select` will not change the order of the affected dimensions, it will only remove elements. Most commonly, `select` takes the coordinate name and a tuple of (lower_limit, upper_limit) as the values. Either limit can be `...` indicating an open interval. 
+Patches are trimmed using the [`Patch.select`](`dascore.Patch.select`) method. Unlike [`Patch.order`](`dascore.Patch.order`), `select` will not change the order of the affected dimensions, it will only remove elements. Most commonly, `select` takes the coordinate name and a tuple of (lower_limit, upper_limit) as the values. Either limit can be `...` or `None`, indicating an open interval, as can an infinite bound pointing away from the data, such as `(lower_limit, np.inf)`. 
 
 ```{python}
 import numpy as np
diff --git a/tests/test_core/test_coords.py b/tests/test_core/test_coords.py
index f8e2ec728..f6638beee 100644
--- a/tests/test_core/test_coords.py
+++ b/tests/test_core/test_coords.py
@@ -1438,6 +1438,35 @@ def test_select_step_of_0(self, start, unit):
         assert index == slice(None, 1, None)
         assert after.degenerate and before.degenerate
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("bound", [np.inf, np.nan])
+    def test_select_non_finite_bound(self, bound):
+        """A non-finite bound means an open side, not a zero-step index."""
+        coord = get_coord(start=0, stop=100, step=1)
+        for value in (coord.min(), 42, coord.max()):
+            assert coord.select((value, bound)) == coord.select((value, ...))
+            assert coord.select((-bound, value)) == coord.select((..., value))
+        assert coord.select((-bound, bound)) == coord.select((..., ...))
+        # The open side must not swallow the finite one; 42 really trims.
+        assert len(coord.select((42, bound))[0]) < len(coord)
+
+    def test_select_infinite_bound_pointing_at_the_data(self):
+        """An infinite bound is open on the side it points, empty on the other."""
+        coord = get_coord(start=0, stop=100, step=1)
+        # No sample is >= inf, nor <= -inf, so these ask for nothing.
+        assert not len(coord.select((np.inf, None))[0])
+        assert not len(coord.select((None, -np.inf))[0])
+
+    def test_select_non_finite_bound_in_0d_array(self):
+        """A 0d array holds one bound, so it is open like the scalar is."""
+        coord = get_coord(start=0, stop=100, step=1)
+        assert coord.select((42, np.array(np.inf))) == coord.select((42, ...))
+
+    def test_select_bound_which_overflows_the_division(self):
+        """A bound too far from start to divide is outside, not open."""
+        coord = get_coord(start=0.0, stop=1e-305, step=1e-308)
+        assert not len(coord.select((1e308, None))[0])
+        assert not len(coord.select((None, -1e308))[0])
+
     def test_zero_dim_array_inputs(self):
         """Ensure 0d arrays (which aren't unboxed) can init a CoordRange."""
         coord = CoordRange(start=np.array(0.0), stop=np.array(10.0), step=np.array(1.0))
diff --git a/tests/test_proc/test_proc_coords.py b/tests/test_proc/test_proc_coords.py
index deff814e7..4a01b6123 100644
--- a/tests/test_proc/test_proc_coords.py
+++ b/tests/test_proc/test_proc_coords.py
@@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ def _assert_data_shape_unchanged(self, original_patch, selected_patch):
         assert selected_patch.data.shape == original_patch.data.shape
         assert np.array_equal(selected_patch.data, original_patch.data)
 
+    def test_select_infinite_bound(self, random_patch):
+        """An infinite bound is an open one, like ... or None."""
+        coord = random_patch.get_coord("distance")
+        middle = coord.values[len(coord) // 2]
+        expected = random_patch.select(distance=(middle, ...))
+        assert random_patch.select(distance=(middle, np.inf)).equals(expected)
+        assert random_patch.select(distance=(-np.inf, ...)).equals(random_patch)
+        # The infinite side must not swallow the finite one.
+        assert expected.shape != random_patch.shape
+
     def test_select_by_distance(self, random_patch):
         """Ensure distance can be used to filter patch."""
         dmin, dmax = 100, 200