Custom Designs

Even with our range of products constantly growing, we understand that sometimes you want more than our standard offerings. You want a map that's uniquely yours—a reflection of your personal connection to the ocean and land. That's why we offer custom commission orders, where our team will craft a one-of-a-kind masterpiece just for you.

Lead Time: The lead time for custom orders can vary, ranging from 3 weeks up to 3 months, depending on our current workload and the complexity of your design. We appreciate your patience as we work to create something extraordinary for you.

Pricing:

Small to Medium (up to 60 x 60cm): Starting at $749
Large (80 x 60cm): Starting at $899
Extra Large (120 x 80cm): Starting at $1499

Please note that pricing may vary depending on the complexity of your design. We will provide you with a detailed quote once we have discussed your requirements.

Our process for initiating a commission request is very personal - simply send us a message through our contact page of our website. We love to learn the 'why' behind each request, and hear the story of your intimate connection to that particular coastline.

A few additional considerations:

- We aim for a roughly 50-50 split of land to ocean in our custom maps. This ensures that the final product looks balanced and visually appealing.

- Some pieces of coastline just don't contain interesting contours (such as large portions of the West Coast). Zooming out to capture more area can often solve this.

- Creating maps outside of New Zealand is absolutely possible but often more difficult with different datasets (see our international maps)

Other Resources -

sizing guide

screenshots showing how we step through the design process.

Tides Out Maps

5.0

176 reviews

Becki Driver

2 weeks ago

Verified

Cannot recommend Kate Tides Out Maps more highly! I gave my husband one of their personalised maps to open on our wedding day, and it honestly couldn’t have been more perfect. From start to finish, Kate & Matt were absolutely amazing to deal with—so kind, helpful, and genuinely passionate about what they do. The final product blew us away—the quality, the detail, the care put into every part of it. They carefully mapped out our love story with small icons, and helped me with the design ideas to capture all the stories I wanted to tell on it. It’s such a special piece in our home now and something we’ll treasure forever. Thank you to the team for helping make our wedding day even more meaningful!

Phil Sanger

1 month ago

Verified

I met Matt and Kate at the Wooden Boats Festival in Hobart Tasmania and was very impressed with their display of 3D maps. I asked them to make me a Tasmanian map, it arrived this week and is now hanging in my living room. It is a beautiful piece of art and attracts a lot of attention. Thanks Matt and Kate for the Map and keeping me updated on the progress of the build. All the best, Phil

Gabrielle Cornelius

4 weeks ago

Verified

We are so happy with our map of The Bay of Islands . Excellent service and the map is so cool ! Thank you so much Matt .

Ashleigh Howlett

1 month ago

Verified

Awesome gift for dad! Got me sooo many brownie points :) Expert craftmenship

Renee Streatfield

1 month ago

Verified

This is such a unique and detailed gift piece of art to gift to someone. We also had it personalised with an icon which was really special.

hannah grace roborgh

2 months ago

Verified

We brought a TidesOut map for my Dad's birthday and the process was so easy. Matt and Kate were so good to work with and their communication throughout the building stage was awesome. They got it made and sent away in record time and we absolutely love it. We got the Top of the South map and it is now about to have pride of place in our dining room. Thank you TidesOut!

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