Data Collection

openwaters.io

Provides tools to query and retrieve live AIS vessel positions, coverage, and vessel details from Open Waters AIS.

1 endpoint5 known toolsFirst detected September 19, 2026Last detected September 19, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: aiscast
Version: 0.1.0

Capabilities

tools.listChanged

Server instructions

Open Waters AIS (https://openwaters.io/ais/) is the open AIS network: live vessel positions from government feeds, partner aggregates, and volunteer receivers, deduplicated into one picture. - Live terrestrial coverage is strongest in the Nordics and wherever volunteer receivers are; elsewhere positions come from partner aggregates, mostly AISHub, and are typically one to six minutes old. Where no feed or receiver hears, there is nothing. Call get_coverage before saying a region has no traffic. - A position is the last report heard, up to 30 minutes old. Every row carries seen and age_s. A vessel unheard for 30 minutes is dropped. - Anonymous calls may cover 100 square degrees and look up 10 vessels by MMSI per call. A free personal token from https://openwaters.io/ais/token, sent as an Authorization: Bearer header, raises that to 400 square degrees and 50 vessels. A tool says so when a call exceeds its limit. - Show the credit lines from each result's attribution field wherever the data is displayed. - A supplement to onboard AIS, never a substitute, and not for safety of navigation. - These tools answer one question at a time. For continuous updates use the WebSocket stream at wss://ais.openwaters.io/v1/stream, documented at https://openwaters.io/api/ais/. - The network holds no port registry, weather, ownership, or inspection data.

Known tools 5

find_vessels_in_area

Vessels currently inside a latitude/longitude bounding box, newest report first, with optional kind and ship-type filters.

Inferred read-only

find_vessels_near

Vessels within a radius (default 10 NM, maximum 50) of a point or of another vessel, nearest first, each with distance and bearing from the centre.

Inferred read-only

get_coverage

Where Open Waters AIS is hearing AIS right now: sources, stations, freshness, and vessel counts.

Inferred read-only

get_vessels

Current position and details of specific vessels by MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity): the last report heard for each, and which MMSIs have not been heard in the last 30 minutes.

Inferred read-only

search_vessels_by_name

Vessels whose name contains the text, case-insensitive, among vessels heard in the last 30 minutes.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.aiscast]
url = "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: aiscast
Remote MCP URL: https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "aiscast": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "aiscast",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://ais.openwaters.io/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

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