Data status

How fresh is the ocean?

Every feed is pulled on a schedule from free, open sources and stored, so API requests never wait on upstream providers.

Feed	Last run	Status	Records	Schedule
Vessels · AIS stream	less than a minute ago	live	—	Continuous (aisstream.io)
Storms	8 minutes ago	failed	0	Every 30 min (GDACS, NOAA NHC)
Waves	about 1 hour ago	ok	18,357	Every 3 h (Open-Meteo)
Buoys	8 minutes ago	ok	825	Every 30 min (NOAA NDBC)
Wildlife	about 3 hours ago	ok	2,707	Daily (OBIS)
Ports	8 minutes ago	ok	23	Every 10 min (derived from AIS)

Vessels seen in the last hour 14,015

Stored vessel positions 76,225

Active storms 5

Buoys reporting (6 h) 827

Wave forecast points 113

Ports 41

Wildlife records 2,707

On-demand forecasts today 46 / 4000 upstream calls, for points outside the grid

Live vessel coverage

Free AIS comes from land-based receivers, so live vessels are available in these regions. Storms, waves, buoys and marine life are global.