DockWise helps you understand where you stand as a boater, how different boats handle, how demanding marinas and docks can be, and what today's conditions mean at the helm.
Free Operator Readiness Assessment
See Where You Stand as a Boater
Your free DockWise Readiness Report shows where you stand as a boater. It also becomes the starting point for understanding which boats, marinas and docks better match your experience.
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DockWise Intelligence
Understand the marina. Understand the boat. Understand what you're taking on.
Marina Docking Difficulty
How hard is your marina to dock at?
DockWise rates docking difficulty from marina layout, fairway space and prevailing wind.
Boat Handling
How demanding is your boat to handle?
2005 Sea Ray Sundancer 420: Challenging
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Don't spend a season wishing you'd known what to ask before you chose the marina or the boat. DockWise helps you understand the things nobody told you to look for, before they affect your time on the water.
The marina you choose can affect every trip you take. DockWise looks at prevailing wind speed and direction, fairway width and dock layout to show how demanding docking may be, before you commit to a slip.
Docking Difficulty • Marina Quality • Amenities • Value
Shopping for a boat or recently bought one? DockWise shows how demanding that specific boat is to handle, compares those demands with your experience, and identifies where you may need more practice or instruction.
2005 Sea Ray Sundancer 420 47 · Challenging
Boat Handling • Boat Compatibility
Starts with your free Operator Readiness Report
DockWise Today is your everyday boating app for planning before you leave, while you're on the water and before you return.
It doesn't just show you the weather. It helps you understand what the wind, sea state and changing conditions mean for your boat, your dock and the places you're headed.
Today at your dock
WIND
Current conditions
DOCKING
Difficulty at your dock
SEA STATE
For your boat
FORECAST
What’s coming
Your boating-day intelligence
Use DockWise Today on your phone, tablet or computer. No download required, and you can install it on your device for app-like access.
30+ Years on the Water
Rivers • Inland Lakes • Great Lakes • Open Ocean
USCG-Licensed Captain
Boating Instructor • Former Charter Captain
USCG Auxiliary Member
10,000+ Followers & Subscribers
Millions of boating-content views across Facebook & YouTube
DockWise grew from years of listening to boaters, during on-water lessons, conversations at the yacht club and thousands of interactions with the boating community online. Those real-world experiences revealed questions boaters often don't know to ask until after they've chosen the boat, marina or dock.
Help buyers choose a boat that better matches their current experience, not just their budget.
If the boat they want is beyond their present experience, DockWise can show them what they need to improve and give them a path to get there. A better-matched boat can support a better ownership experience, fewer regrets, and stronger potential for repeat business and referrals.
Put boaters in slips that better match their experience, boat-handling ability and docking environment.
DockWise helps marinas think beyond availability alone, using docking difficulty, boat characteristics and operator capability to support smarter slip placement. The result: happier customers, fewer avoidable docking problems, and a more intelligent way to organize your marina.
See more than the boat alone.
DockWise brings together structured information about the operator, boat, marina and dock, giving insurance professionals a clearer picture of the real-world factors that influence boating risk. Use it to support better conversations, better risk selection and better-informed decisions without relying on a single black-box score.
DockWise Business tools are currently in development. Become a DockWise Founding Partner for $199 and get priority onboarding, early access to applicable tools as they are built, and 25% off DockWise Business for your first 12 months after commercial availability.
Help shape how DockWise serves your industry.
One-time enrollment • 30-day refund period • Limited to the first 100 businesses
