Partners & Data Sources

Kielwasser stands on the shoulders of many open data sources and partners. Here are the sources that make tides, water levels, ship traffic, ports, and official notices possible — and the engine that brings it all together.

Neptun · Marine-API

Neptun — Our Data Engine

Neptun fetches, aggregates, and consolidates all these sources into a coherent picture — tides and currents (FES model), water levels, ship traffic, locks, and notices — and powers Kielwasser. The same engine is available as an open European coastal data API.

neptun.marine-api.com →
Data Flow: Sources → Neptun → Kielwasser

Maps

OpenStreetMap

Map data worldwide (ODbL)

CARTO

Base map tiles (Voyager)

Esri

Satellite imagery (World Imagery)

OpenSeaMap

Nautical chart overlay

AIS ship traffic

AISHub

Global AIS network (reciprocal, our station Nr. 4057)

aisstream.io

AIS live stream

Fintraffic/Digitraffic

AIS Baltic Sea/Finland (CC BY 4.0)

Tides & currents

AVISO / CNES / LEGOS

FES2022/FES2014a — global tide and current model

Water levels & gauges

Rijkswaterstaat

Netherlands (NAP)

DMI

Denmark

Environment Agency

United Kingdom

SMHI

Sweden

Kartverket

Norway

FMI

Finland

IMGW

Poland

IOC Sea Level

worldwide

BSH

Germany (Forecast)

Weather

DWD

Gale Warnings

Open-Meteo

Weather and Marine Models

Notices to mariners

ELWIS

Notices for Inland Navigation (DE)

DMA / Niord

Notices for Seafarers (DK)

NGA MSI

Notices to Mariners worldwide (USCG/NGA)

Locks

EuRIS

European inland navigation

DoRIS

Austria

More

OpenStreetMap / Overpass

Port and POI information

Anthropic (Claude)

Translations

Thanks to all open data operators. Without you, Kielwasser wouldn't exist. ⚓