Argo™ is an easy-to-use navigation and social boating app – FREE to download and FREE to use! Find and route to new destinations anywhere in North America, track your boat trips, see boating friends on the water, get real-time local knowledge from other boaters and more!
Want a safer, easier way to navigate your boat? Looking to go somewhere new, or wondering where your friends are on the water? Argo is your go-to boating app for navigation & social boating.
FREE features (details below) include:
Unlimited NOAA/USACE charts across North America
Auto and manual routing to thousands of water destinations
Captain’s Log to plan and save boat trip details
Current weather conditions
Social features to see and connect with friends and club members on the water
Premium upgrade features include:
All Argo free features
Offline Charts – download charts and routes to use offline if connectivity is lost
Weather, Wind & Tides – get extended 7-day marine weather forecast with daily and hourly conditions anywhere in North America
With the FREE Argo boating app you get:
NAVIGATION AND ROUTING
Auto or Manual Routing – enter your boat’s draft and Argo will create a color-coded safe route, customized for your boat, or choose to manually plot routes
Map Views – navigate using different map types (Standard, Satellite, Terrain, NOAA ENC) with auto, day or night modes
Map Data – clean interface with easy-to-use map icons for navigation and points of interest
Depth & Contours – avoid shallow water with water depth numbers and contour shading on charts
Trip Planning – create a route and see distance, estimated time of arrival (ETA) and estimated fuel usage
Voyage Tracking – see your GPS position, track, speed, remaining distance, updated ETA, and estimated fuel used
Record Track – record your track without having to create a route or start a voyage and get trip information along the way
Captain’s Log – save planned, past and favorite routes, tracks and voyages in a Captain’s Log with trip details
Find Points of Interest – search thousands of destinations on the water in selected areas on the map with easy-to-use categories like marinas, restaurants, anchorages, fuel docks, ramps and more!
LOCAL BOATING KNOWLEDGE
Real-Time Reports – our crowdsourced local reports from other boaters help you navigate safely with report pins placed around you for hazards in the water, map issues and more.
Place Details – see details for places like fuel, amenities, transient dock info and how to contact. Add places (public or private) that may be missing.
Local Reviews – see reviews and photos from other boaters for local points of interest on or near water
SOCIAL BOATING
Connect with Friends – easily sync Facebook and phone contacts to invite friends
Search for Friends – find boaters you may know on Argo with new search capabilities by affiliation (marina or boat club) or with our friend suggestions for people you may know on Argo
See Friends on the Water – see where other Argo users are on the water (with privacy settings)
Message – send other boaters an Ahoy, or message friends to meet-up
Social Feed – share voyages, photos and other updates to friends with Argo’s social feed
Compatible with Android phones and tablets - FREE to download and FREE to use!
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY
We are building an active boating community within the Argo app that you can turn to for navigation advice, local knowledge, destination reviews, and more. Share your favorite voyages on your feed. Leave reviews on your favorite places. Drop a local report pin to help your fellow boater.
