MarineMate4.18.0

MarineMate is a smartphone app that allows you to access information on tide times, boat ramp locations, VHF channels, marine reserves and local boating rules wherever you go in New Zealand, all at the palm of your hand.
Oceans, rivers lakes. Always bring your mate!

Tide info
Access information on tide times.

VHF channels
Stay connected and find the local VHF channel.

Marine reserves
Find the marine reserves and their rules and permitted activities.

Customary management areas
Find Mātaitai and Tāiāpure, their rules and permited activities.

Safety checklist
A handy list to help you pack your essentials.

Notices and local boating info
Up-to-date info about local events and boating rules for wherever you go.

Boat ramp locations
Find boat ramps and useful information about them.

A link to the NZ Fishing Rules App.

Version History Updated bylaw areas in the Coromandel region. 4.18.0 11/16/2025 Updated Northland Regional Councils fishing restriction areas 4.16.0 10/04/2023 Improved overall app performance and stability. 4.15.0 06/21/2023 Updated tide predictions for 2023-24 4.14.0 06/06/2023 - Added support and compatibility with the latest iOS devices.
- Implemented general upgrades and fixes to enhance overall app performance and stability. 4.13.1 05/17/2023 - updated tide tables 4.12.1 05/26/2021 - Fixed notices opening issue 4.9.0 02/23/2021 - New layer button Boat Ramp
- New layer button Marine Reserves
- New layer button Hazards
- Bug fixes and improvements
- New Mammal sanctuary layer
- New Lifejacket hubs layer 4.8.1 01/12/2021 Keep up to date with MarineMate.

Made for New Zealand boaties, offering national bylaw and boating safety information.

Get the latest version for all available features.

This version includes Customary Management Areas (Mātaitai and Taiāpure), a link to the NZ Fishing Rules App, minor bug fixes and continued performance enhancements.

We want to continue to make MarineMate better for you. Please leave your feedback by writing a review. 4.6.8 08/20/2020 Version 4.5.0

Keep up to date with MarineMate.

Made for New Zealand boaties, offering national bylaw and boating safety information.

Get the latest version for all available features.

This version includes bug fixes and performance improvements. MarineMate now defaults to the Explore feature when opened, giving you faster access to New Zealand’s boat ramps, boating rules, marine reserves and hazards.

We want to continue to make MarineMate better for you. Please leave your feedback by writing a review. 4.5.0 10/15/2019 Your favourite boating app has had an exciting rebuild in time for summer. We’ve made major changes following feedback from water users. The new look and feel is cleaner and easier to read, and there’s a fresh new home screen icon to match.

The app now opens to the map screen, giving you easy access to tide times, VHF channels, boat ramps and other helpful info.

Leave a review to give us your feedback about the new app or email digital@waikatoregion.govt.nz.

Enjoy and stay safe out there! 4.3.0 01/17/2019 - updated api endpoint 4.2.0 01/08/2019 Features:
- App data refresh happens much more frequently.
- iPhone layout fixes.
- Switched Tide and Explore buttons around.
- Added colour-coding to bylaw areas on Explore map.
- Added button to force data refresh under "More...".
- Added new tag to unread notices.
- When tapping on menu button of the active map it will reset the map zoom.

Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where the app might not refresh data on first load.
- Recentre no longer changes zoom.
- Fixed issues with data changing on app update. 4.1.1 12/06/2018 Your favourite boating app has had an exciting rebuild in time for summer.

We’ve made major changes following feedback from water users.

The brand new look and feel is cleaner and easier to read, and there’s a fresh new home screen icon to match.

The app now opens to the map screen, giving you easy access to tide times, VHF channels, boat ramps and other helpful info.

The app is faster, so you can get to what you’re looking for quicker.

We hope you like it. Leave a review to give us your feedback about the new app or email digital@waikatoregion.govt.nz.

Enjoy and stay safe out there! 4.0.4 10/11/2018 Updated tides predictions 1.9 06/29/2018 - Marine Reserves
- Updates to regional boating info
- Ability to favourite Boat ramps and Marine Reserves
- Notification alert when entering a Marine Reserve
- Search for Boat ramps on map 1.8 10/12/2017 Updated tides information 1.7 07/03/2017 Updated VHF Channels 1.6 03/07/2017 Updated VHF channel data 1.5 10/31/2016 VHF Channel updates!
The VHF Channels are changing from the 1.October 2016. Please visit retune.co.nz for more information. 1.4 09/24/2016 Updated tides. 1.3.2 06/29/2016 Updated tides. 1.3.1 06/24/2015 Updated regional information 1.3 12/30/2014 Improved interface and updated data 1.2.7 11/21/2014 Fixed display of Map 1.2.6 08/06/2014