# USCG District 5 Local Notices to Mariners

> USCG District 5 Local Notices to Mariners is a paid API for AI agents from ticks.bnm.farm, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Returns structured JSON records of U.S. Coast Guard District 5 Local Notices to Mariners (LNM), including federal discrepancies, safety notices, and waterway updates for the mid-Atlantic region.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://ticks.bnm.farm/mariners-d5?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/uscg-district-5-local-notices-to-mariners-2503d026
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_uGWqjuw8sOBsgVv1VTkum

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability uscg-district-5-local-notices-to-mariners-2503d026
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest USCG District 5 Local Notices to Mariners and show me any federal aid-to-navigation discrepancies reported this week, including the waterway and notice text.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need machine-readable, structured JSON access to USCG District 5 LNM data without scraping PDF documents from NAVCEN directly. Ideal for agents that need to monitor mid-Atlantic navigation notices, automate safety checks for maritime operators, or build applications that surface waterway hazard information for District 5 (Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland coast).

## Known failure modes

- HTTP 402 Payment Required if payment not included — endpoint requires $0.05 USDC per call via x402 protocol
- Stale data if NAVCEN source has not published a new LNM for the current week
- Empty records array if no discrepancies or notices exist for the current period
- Network timeout if upstream NAVCEN source is unavailable
- Malformed response if NAVCEN PDF parsing fails

## How this service works

Official public data as JSON. Unpaid paid routes return HTTP 402.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a boolean 'ok' status, product identifier ('uscg-d5-lnm'), current week label, as-of date, source NAVCEN URL, record count, an array of structured notice records (each with id, url, date, waterway/firm, and type), and a notices array with detailed text, section, waterway, and PDF source URL per notice.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "headers": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "string"
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "schema": {
     "type": "object"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "schema": {
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
   "ok",
   "product",
   "status",
   "week",
   "asOf",
   "source",
   "recordCount",
   "records",
   "notices"
  ],
  "properties": {
   "ok": {
    "type": "boolean"
   },
   "asOf": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "week": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "source": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "status": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "notices": {
    "type": "array",
    "items": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "product": {
    "type": "string"
   },
   "records": {
    "type": "array",
    "items": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "recordCount": {
    "type": "integer"
   }
  }
 },
 "example": {
  "ok": true,
  "asOf": "2026-09-02",
  "week": "35-2026",
  "source": "https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/local-notices-to-mariners?district=5+0&subdistrict=n",
  "status": "ok",
  "notices": [
   {
    "text": "Kendrick Creek Channel Entrance Light 1KC LLNR 31660",
    "week": "35-2026",
    "section": "Federal Discrepancies",
    "waterway": "Albemarle Sound",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lnms/lnm05352026.pdf"
   }
  ],
  "product": "uscg-d5-lnm",
  "records": [
   {
    "id": "35-2026:Federal Discrepancies:31660",
    "url": "https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/lnms/lnm05352026.pdf",
    "date": "2026-09-02",
    "firm": "Albemarle Sound",
    "type": "mariners-d5"
   }
  ],
  "recordCount": 1
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/uscg-district-5-local-notices-to-mariners-2503d026/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from ticks.bnm.farm](https://www.zero.xyz/host/ticks.bnm.farm/llms.txt)