Get an Open Waters AIS token

Share your AIS receiver's data and read the live stream. Free, no account, never expires.

Your token and station are tied to this browser. Come back any time to get the same station id or to rename it. Clearing this browser's data starts a new station.

Station nameOptional and public. Shown on the station list and the map. Leave it empty and the station is labeled by the town nearest the traffic it hears.I accept the contributor agreement: the data I send is my station's own reception, my receptions are dedicated to the public domain (CC0), and the aggregate is published under ODbL.Also bind this network address, so a UDP receiver sending from here counts toward this token and takes its name. The token then only works from this address. If your address changes, so does the UDP station, so a receiver that can use the token below keeps its name better.

Personal tokens get 2 concurrent streams, 50 messages a second each, and 400 square degrees of subscribed area. Contribute data and the same token becomes a contributor on its own: 5 streams, 200 messages a second, any area, and the raw NMEA feed. Tiers and limits. Need more than that? hello@openwaters.io.

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