Florida Keys · Miami · Fort Lauderdale · Fort Myers
No booking fee. Your deposit goes to the captain, not a middleman. Price, dock and weather rules shown before you pay.
Example Try the booking screen on a sample boat.
Confirmed the moment you book. Demo only
Before you book: Moderate cancellation. Full deposit back 7 or more days out, half back 3 to 6 days out.
Weather: Captain calls weather. If the captain cancels, you get a new date or your full deposit back. Full policies
Preview of the text you would get the day before
Example listings We are signing up our first 50 South Florida captains. These sample boats show how listings will look. Not real boats or prices.
Example Offshore Sportfishing
Moderate Full deposit back 7 or more days out, half back 3 to 6 days out. Weather: captain's call.
Next open: Fri, Oct 23Sat, Oct 24Sun, Oct 25
Example Kite Sailfish Charters
Strict Full deposit back 14 or more days out. Free reschedule once, 7 or more days out. Weather: captain's call.
Next open: Fri, Oct 23Sat, Oct 24Sun, Oct 25
Example Reef and Wreck
Flexible Full deposit back up to 48 hours before the trip. Weather: captain's call.
Next open: Fri, Oct 23Sun, Oct 25Mon, Oct 26
Trip price, deposit, balance due on the dock, and any fuel or extra charge are shown on one line before checkout. No booking fee for anglers.
The captain makes the safety call. If the captain cancels for weather, you pick a new date or get your deposit back. The rule is shown before you pay.
A trip is only confirmed when the captain accepts it. Listings that stop answering get paused, so you never book a ghost boat.
Your booking names the boat and captain. Any swap needs your OK, or you get your deposit back.
Only anglers who finished a trip can review. We do not filter or bury bad reviews. Captain cancellations show on the listing too.
After you book you get the captain's phone and the marina, dock and slip. A reminder text goes out the day before.
Call or text a real person if the boat is not where it should be. Draft promise: hours and number to be set before launch.
For captains
One flat subscription. You keep 100% of every trip. No commission per booking, ever, whether the guest is a regular or someone who found you on TideBook.
Booking marketplaces often take a cut of every trip. FishingBooker charges captains 10% to 30% per booking.source On an $850 half day, a 15% cut is $127.50. On TideBook you keep the full $850. Example
South Florida only for now.
Broward County's coast, from Hillsboro Beach and Pompano Beach south through Fort Lauderdale to Dania Beach and Hollywood.
The island chain from Key Largo through Islamorada and Marathon to Key West, in Monroe County.
The southwest Gulf coast: Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Sanibel and Naples.
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No. TideBook Fishing charges anglers nothing. You pay the price the captain sets.
Straight to the captain's own Stripe account. We never hold your trip money.
The captain makes the safety call. If the captain cancels for weather, you pick a new date or get your deposit back.
Instant book trips are confirmed right away. Request to book trips are confirmed when the captain accepts, within 24 hours. You get the captain's phone and the exact dock right after.
Each captain picks Flexible, Moderate or Strict from one standard menu, and every trip uses the captain's call weather rule. The policy is on every card and again before you pay.
Reviews come only from anglers who finished a trip. We never hide or filter bad ones.
South Florida only for now: the Florida Keys (Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, Key West), the Fort Lauderdale area, the Miami area and the Fort Myers and Naples area.
Three Fort Lauderdale boats publish private rates of $700 to $900 for a half day and $1,100 to $1,800 for a full day, for up to six people.