Pricing
Where it is deep enough, when it is calm enough
The maps and today's verdict are free. Pay a little for the week ahead, your routes as files and the water you have not mapped yet.
Free
$0
Look before you launch.
- Every published depth map, depth at a tap, draft check
- Today's go / no-go for your boat (next 24 h)
- 10 planned routes a day with fuel and time for your boat
- Live guidance on the water: 10-minute preview per trip
- Fishing tab: water today, species ranked, heat map of the top 3 species
- Share any view with a link and QR code
Paddler
$4.99 per month
For people who paddle every week.
- Live guidance on the water: turn by turn, voice, shallow-water alarm, new route when you leave the line
- 7-day best-time-to-go windows, hour by hour
- Unlimited route planning with the tide applied, fuel and the one-third rule
- GPX and KML downloads
- "When can I pass here?" tide windows at any tap
- Today's verdict on every launch and ramp
- Every species on the fishing map, heat maps and best spots
- No ads on guides
Skipper
$9.99 per month
For small boats that leave the dock.
- Everything in Paddler
- Offline packs of any mapped area for days without signal
- 4 new depth areas a month, computed on demand
- 1 shoreline map a month
- Cancel any time
Business
$50 per month
Marinas, guides, surveyors, towns.
- Unlimited new depth areas
- Unlimited shoreline maps
- API key for depth and conditions
- Priority computing and support
- Invoice through Paddle
One-off
Map any area · $1 per area
A 0.25° square of new depth map in about 15 minutes. Pick a cell or draw up to four. No subscription.
One-off
Shoreline map · $9 per area
Your coast for every year since 2017, with where it retreats and where it grows, as a map and as files. Free in Business, once a month in Skipper.
Prices in US dollars, tax included. Secure payment by Paddle, our reseller and merchant of record. Depths are satellite estimates, not for navigation.
What do I get for free?
Every published depth map with depth at a tap, your draft tinted in red, ten planned routes a day with fuel and time for your boat, today's go / no-go, and a 10-minute preview of live guidance on every trip. Paddler adds guidance for the whole trip, the week ahead and the files; Skipper and Business add new areas.
How does live guidance work?
Plan a route, set your boat once (type, draft, engine, tank, fuel price) and press Start. The map turns with you, a card shows the next turn and the distance to it, a voice reads it out, and the bottom bar shows arrival time, distance left, speed, fuel left and the depth under you and ahead. If the water ahead gets shallower than your boat needs with today's tide, the phone warns you; if you leave the line, Paddler finds a new route from where you are. The route, its depths and the tide stay on the phone when the signal drops.
How is fuel estimated?
From your boat: engine power, gasoline or diesel, cruise speed and tank, with the usual rules of thumb for how much an engine burns at full throttle and at cruise. Waves, head wind and slow running in the shallows add to it. We check the one-third rule: a third of the tank out, a third back, a third in reserve. Put your own burn and fuel price in "Edit my boat" for the closest numbers.
What is an "area"?
A square of 0.25° by 0.25° (about 27 km on a side). Every map on ShoalScope is made of these squares; you can order one or draw a rectangle of up to four.
How long does a new area take?
About 15 minutes per depth area and about 10 minutes per shoreline area. You get an email when it is ready, and the order page shows the progress live.
What if the water is too murky or too deep?
You still get the map with an honest accuracy score; areas with no water at all are refused before you pay.
Can I cancel?
Yes, any time from your account page. You keep the areas and shoreline maps you ordered.