The most comprehensive app for safe and well-prepared boating navigation. With route planner, water maps, AIS pairing, marinas, bridges and locks, offline use and more. Try it now and plan your next trip!
With the Waterkaarten app (formerly ANWB Waterkaarten) you have everything you need at hand:
• 8 countries, 1 price: Complete nautical maps of the United Kingdom and Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland • Almanack info: Access all information you need on the water with just a few taps in the app • Current information about marinas, bridges and locks including opening times • Plan optimal routes between your starting point and destination, including the objects you encounter • AIS+: See all the boats near you on the water and at rest including their names and speed with just a tap • AIS pairing: Connect your AIS device to the app and see at a glance where surrounding ships are located • Coming soon: Expanded hydrography coverage - visual depth guides along Western European coastlines
Comprehensive and user friendly: • Locations of more than 8,000 marinas and all details of their existing facilities • More than 275,000 nautical objects (bridges, locks, markings, mooring places and more) • Stay up-to-date with the current navigation reports and obstructions from government agencies such as Rijkswaterstaat • Regular updates and free access to all new features • Show or hide 60 different layers of information on the nautical maps to see exactly what you need • Radio silence on the water? No problem! Download the corresponding charts for offline use • Each user account can be used on up to 3 devices at no extra cost • Free Windows version included • Reliable service: We are at your service 7 days a week - simply email us at support@waterkaarten.app
How it works:
The Waterkaarten app is free during the 7-day trial. After that you can choose from the following subscriptions: • Month (£ 11.99) • Season (3 months for £ 32.99) • Year (£ 45.99)
The subscription ends after credit expires. Subscriptions are not automatically renewed.
If you purchase a subscription during the free 7-day trial period, we will add your new credit to your remaining balance.
Payment methods for subscription: • The subscription will be charged to your Google account • At Google you can use different payment methods, such as PayPal or credit card
Even more boating pleasure with a Waterkaarten account: you can create an account in the app to activate your subscription on a total of 3 devices.
Note: • The file size of the offline map material is very large and you are advised to download it on a stable Wi-Fi connection • Prolonged use of GPS in the background can considerably shorten the battery life of your device
Do you have questions about the app? Please contact our helpdesk (support@waterkaarten.app) or read more on our website: www.waterkaarten.app/en.
Please note that this app is only intended as an aid when navigating on the water. Stay alert to your surroundings while boating.
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Aug 19, 2025
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The app is generally good, the auto routing feature worked well for me. I wouldn't want to navigate the Netherlands without it. There are some factual errors. One bridge height was incorrect. One new bridge was missing. One bridge was noted as closed, but was open and there was no contact information for the bridge, and no way to comment on the bridge information. Auto routing didn't recognize the closure. Routing underestimated transit times for my slow boat, we should be able to set speed
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Waterkaarten
September 2, 2022
Hey Nick, If you send us a mail on support@waterkaarten.app, we love to hear which information was wrong. We can also explain how you can report that through the app. Thousands of people do that and we update information every week.
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July 8, 2025
it certainly does work, work well might i add, but im like 95% sure you could at least view the map, bridge info and lock information. Could be wrong there. Anyway, as a student who likes to go sailing the 50 euro a year price is a bit (too) steep.
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December 11, 2018
This is a great app (probably the best one) for navigation in The Nederlands. It provides much more valuable information than the paper version of the ANWB waterkaart. For maximum benefit I recommend the use of a tablet, rather than a smartphone, because the larger screen area provides for the better overview. The most valuable feature is the indication of one's own position within the map, which is made possible by means of the location services of the tablet or smartphone. Because I travel frequently to the Nederlands for boating vacation, I decided for a yearly subscription.
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Waterkaarten
June 20, 2019
Wow. Thanks for this positive and valuable feedback. And thanks for becoming a loyal customer also ;)
What’s new
New in this release: - Launching the new feature: Home Location - You can now search for moorings - Updated maps with fresher place names and nature reserves - Denmark & Switzerland maps are now downloadable - Faster searches and fewer map duplicates - Lots of small fixes to keep everything running smoothly