🌊 Boaties, Bring Home a Piece of the Ocean: Maps That Spark Memories

Because every great trip deserves a legacy you can hang on the wall.

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📍 Heading home with a new toy or just the memories? Commemorate your trip with a handcrafted map of your favourite waters.

Whether you’ve just picked up a new fish finder, scored the boat of your dreams, or are heading home from the Hutchwilco Boat Show 2025 with a full heart and an empty credit card, there’s one more treasure you shouldn’t leave behind:

💡 A custom ocean map that captures the place that means the most to you.

At Tides Out Maps, we create handcrafted, laser-engraved marine maps of New Zealand’s coastlines, inlets, harbours, and hidden bays—designed to turn boating memories into legacy pieces you can hang in your home, office, or cabin.

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🧭 More Than Decor: A Tribute to Where You’ve Been

Our maps aren’t just beautiful—they’re deeply personal.
Each one tells a story.

• The first bay you launched from as a kid

• The spot you caught your biggest kingfish

• The hidden cove where your family drops anchor every summer

These aren't just coordinates on a chart—they're chapters in your life on the water.

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🪵 What Makes a Tides Out Map Unique?

Each piece is:

• Laser-cut from premium plywood

• Layered to show seabed depth and coastal contours

• Designed using accurate bathymetric and hydrographic data

• Available in multiple sizes and orientations

• Fully customisable with names, dates, icons, or special markers

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🎁 The Ultimate Boat-Themed Gift

Looking for the perfect:

• Father’s Day gift for the skipper in your life?

• Retirement present for a lifelong fisherman?

• Housewarming piece for a coastal bach?

• Anniversary gift with real meaning?

🎣 A custom ocean map is both functional and emotional—a gift that captures a place and a memory in one handcrafted artwork.

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📦 Popular Locations (But We Can Map Anywhere)

• Hauraki Gulf

• Bay of Islands

• Coromandel Peninsula

• Marlborough Sounds

• Tauranga Harbour

• Otago Peninsula
  

• Great Barrier Island

Got a secret spot or offshore reef you'd like to feature? We’ve done that too.

👉 Add a bespoke addition to your map here

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📸 Your Map, Your Way

Some of our favourite customer stories:

• A dad ordering the beach he taught his daughter to fish at

• A diver mapping the reef where he spotted his first cray

• A wedding gift showing the coastline of the couple’s proposal spot

You dream it—we can engrave it into wood.

🖼️ Want to see examples? Stop by our stand at the Hutchwilco Boat Show

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🧡 Don’t Just Visit the Ocean—Bring It Home

The boats, the bait, the beers… the memories—they’re all part of the story.
Let us help you capture them forever, with a map that becomes a centrepiece, a conversation starter, and a way to stay connected to the water even when you’re back on land.

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🎟️ See Us at Hutchwilco Boat Show 2025

📅 May 15–18, 2025
📍 Auckland Showgrounds, Hall 2, Stand F04
🎁 Mention this blog for a show-only discount on custom orders!

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💬 Ready to Create Yours?

👉 Add a bespoke touch to your next map

Or reach out to us on Instagram @tidesoutmaps to ask questions, share your favourite spot, or see our latest commissions.