What is coming towards me?
Spot commercial traffic and leisure boats before a bridge, bend, or narrow stretch.
AIS that does more than plot targets
What is coming around the bend?
Rivers & Seas does more than place vessel traffic on a map. As you cruise, commercial vessels, ferries, and oncoming traffic appear automatically in the context of the waterway ahead, with names, direction, and speed.
Automatic while you cruise
Rivers & Seas puts vessel traffic into the context that matters.
There is no route to plan and no AIS list to monitor. The app keeps reassessing the situation on your waterway.
What is the vessel ahead called?
Tap a vessel to see its name, useful when you want to call it directly over the radio.
Could we share the next lockage?
When a commercial vessel is heading for the next lock, Rivers & Seas even shows the speed for arriving together.
How busy is it there?
Check how lively a bay or harbour appears before entering – and whether friends with AIS have already arrived.
Set off instead of preparing
No route to build. No AIS screen to monitor.
Rivers & Seas combines the boating map, Waterway Ahead information, and AIS in one view. While you cruise, the vessels that matter on your waterway move to the foreground. You understand the situation sooner and return your attention to the water.
Online or onboard receiver
Available online reports and vessels from your own AIS receiver appear together.
No duplicate vessels
Rivers & Seas merges the same targets from several reception paths into one clear picture.
Even a photo
Tap a vessel to see its name, course, speed, dimensions, and a photo where one is available.
From river bends to busy bays
Useful inland, along the coast and around harbours.
On a river, Waterway Ahead can reveal a large vessel around the bend. In a bay, AIS shows how many boats are already anchored. Near a harbour, movements become easier to understand. Rivers & Seas uses available online coverage automatically, while your own receiver adds nearby traffic without mobile service.
Want to understand the colours and symbols?
The practical AIS guide explains what the vessels mean, how current the information may be, and how to connect your own onboard AIS receiver.
Read the plain-language AIS guideAIS is included
Pay once. No AIS subscription.
The public beta is free. The finished app is planned at one fixed purchase price for every feature, including online AIS and connection to your own receiver.
Do more than see vessels. Understand the situation ahead.
Try AIS directly on the Rivers & Seas map.
Open the browser map with real AIS targets, or install the public beta on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. The large display leaves more room for the map, traffic, and details.