For a small powerboat, inflatable, jet ski, kayak or paddle board: depth for the whole world, your 2 NM line to the coast and a forecast at any point. With a guide to the cetaceans of Spain. And if you go out alone, your people know where you are.
Free to start. Pro, €49.99 one time (launch price).
Shaded depth worldwide, with the legend in metres.
Your limit drawn: 2 NM from the coast with Spain's basic licence, 5 with the PNB and 12 with the PER.
The SOS always in view, on the map too.
Every trip with its map, distance, speed and duration, saved in your iCloud.
Routes that other boaters publish near you.
Axarquía and Costa Tropical
Curated guide, not official: always check the forecast and the local rules.
Reference depth200 m
The point where the continental slope gets closest to the coast on the whole Málaga-Motril stretch. The three species of the area meet here: bottlenose all year, common in winter and spring, and striped in summer in deeper water.
Tips
A ramp on the Andrés Segovia promenade, at the west end of the bay. The bay is closed by Cerro Gordo and Punta de la Mona, so it is usually flatter than the open beaches.
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A sand and gravel cove inside the Maro-Cerro Gordo Cliffs nature reserve, with very clear water. Anchoring is regulated: there are seagrass meadows and sensitive seabeds.
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Reference depth100 m
Off the cliffs the bottom drops fast and the water is clear, with no rivers to cloud it: a fin is much easier to see at a distance.
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The reference launch of the Axarquía: a ramp inside the harbour, sheltered water except in a strong easterly, a fuel station and a marina with VHF.
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One of the few waterfalls in the peninsula that falls into the sea, next to Maro beach. It can only be seen properly from the water.
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Bay of La Herradura
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Example forecast. In the app, the real Open-Meteo forecast at any point. Indicative indices: they do not know where the animals or the fish are.
Navigate: speed, heading, depth under the boat, distance to the coast and arrival time.
Map: your boat on the chart, with shaded depth and your 2 NM line.
Routes: your trips in the logbook, the ones you plan and the community's.
Guide: where to launch, where to see dolphins, where to anchor and what to visit, with local tips.
Sea: the best time for what you are going to do, with wind, waves and water hour by hour.
Tap the tabs and the dots on the phone.
Real screenshots of the app. Above, the chart that runs from one screen to the next; below, hover over or tap each one to see it large and what it does.
You choose what you are going out for, cruising, dolphins, fishing or diving, and Embarca marks the good hours for it over the next seven days, with wind, gusts, waves, period and water temperature at any point at sea.
Cards for the bottlenose, the common and the striped dolphin with photos to compare them, what to look for, their size and when and where they are seen. So you know what is in front of you and keep the distance the law requires.
With Pro you send a link on WhatsApp and whoever opens it sees where you are, your route and your return time, without installing anything. «Alert if I don't make it» is free and it really alerts: if the time passes or the signal is lost, up to 3 contacts get an SMS and an email with your last position.
Every trip is saved with its map, distance, speed and duration, and your records add up. On iPhone it is kept in your iCloud; on Android, in your Embarca account if you open one. If you change phones, it is still there.
Before you leave you download the depth and the coast of the areas you will sail, with their size in view, and you have them in the middle of the sea with no signal.
How much water you have under you, how far you can go, where the dolphins are and what to do without coverage.
The map shades the depth of any sea on the planet and draws the depth contours. In Spain there is also the detailed chart with soundings and drop-offs, built into the app and working without coverage.
In Navigate, an instrument gives you the chart depth under the boat and the distance to the coast.
This is chart bathymetry, not a depth sounder: it is not for anchoring or for avoiding shoals.
Choose your qualification and Embarca paints your maximum distance on the map: 2 NM with Spain's basic boating licence or with no qualification, 5 NM with the PNB, 12 NM with the PER.
It only informs, never stops you from planning, and explains in plain language what your qualification allows, citing the article of Spain's official gazette.
Sighting areas in the Canary Islands, Andalusia, Murcia, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, Galicia and Asturias, each with its official source, not points placed by eye.
With cards to tell the bottlenose dolphin from the common and the striped dolphin, and an illustrated dictionary of sea words.
Download the depth and the coast of your areas before you leave and view them in the middle of the sea with no coverage.
What you download keeps working for good, even if one day you stop having Pro.
Every trip is saved with its photos placed on the map where you took them, on your iPhone and in your iCloud. If you want, you publish it under an alias so others can see it: the first and last 300 metres are trimmed so your mooring is never shown.
And whenever you feel like it, you load another boater's route into the planner and follow it in Navigate: where pilot whales were seen, which cove is worth anchoring in.
From the first metre off the ramp to the cetacean strip: you know how much water is under you and how far you are from the coast, in any sea.
A link so they can follow you live, and an SOS that is never charged for.
With Pro you share a link on WhatsApp with anyone you want and they see live where the boat is, the route you are following, how fast you are going and when you plan to be back, without installing anything. Without coverage, the app stores your position and sends it as soon as the signal returns.
Free «Alert if I don't make it» is free and it really alerts: you say when you will be back and, if the time passes or the signal is lost, up to 3 contacts get an SMS and an email with your last position.
A red button always in view, in Navigate and on the map. You slide it and your emergency contacts, up to three, receive an SMS with your position and a link to follow you. Safety is not charged for: the SOS is free for everyone.
If life is in danger, call 112 first, Spain's Maritime Rescue (900 202 202) or use VHF channel 16. Embarca does not replace the emergency services.
Where pilot whales were seen, which cove is worth anchoring in, where people go in an inflatable.
You see on the map and in a list the routes published in the area: sightings, fishing, cruising or anchoring, with their track, photos, distance and the sea state there was.
You load someone else's route into the planner and follow it in Navigate, or save it to open without coverage. And you publish your trips from the logbook, with up to six photos.
The first and last 300 metres of every route are trimmed on your phone before it is sent. You publish under an alias, photos go without metadata and only the month of the date is shown.
Dolphins, turtles, sunfish and jellyfish that other boaters have spotted lately, on a free public map. Without saying who saw them.
Download it free, go out and, if it works for you, unlock Pro once.
What keeps you oriented and safe is free, and it will stay free
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Pro is not a subscription: you pay once
€89.99€49.99one-time payment
Launch price until . After that, €89.99.
No subscription. Works for the whole family with Family Sharing.
Try it free for your first 3 trips with Pro, no card needed.
Everything in Free, plus:
Check the depth, your limit and the forecast before you cast off.
For iPhone and Android.
