Anchor AlarmNew Zealand South charts — built for how you actually cruise
Marlborough Sounds, Fiordland and the South Island.
Popular sailing destinations
Where this region's sailors actually drop anchor.
Marlborough Sounds
A labyrinth of drowned valleys and sheltered coves at the island's top.
Fiordland — Milford & Doubtful Sound
Sheer rock, waterfalls and deep water in one of Earth's great wildernesses.
Abel Tasman
Golden beaches and clear water on the sunny northern corner.
Stewart Island
Lonely, beautiful anchorages at New Zealand's southern edge.
Popular harbours & anchorages
A few of the spots New Zealand South sailors cruise — all charted in the pack.
- The Marlborough Sounds
- Picton
- Queen Charlotte Sound
- Abel Tasman
- Nelson
- Milford Sound
- Doubtful Sound
- Stewart Island
- Akaroa
Cruising New Zealand South
The South Island is wilderness cruising: the drowned valleys of the Marlborough Sounds, the sheer-walled fjords of Fiordland where Milford and Doubtful Sound bite deep into the Southern Alps, and Stewart Island's lonely anchorages at the bottom of the world. It is cold, remote, and short on services — country for the self-sufficient, on official survey charts. This region covers the Marlborough Sounds, the West Coast, Fiordland and Stewart Island.
What’s inside the New Zealand South pack
Every layer our chart pipeline bakes for this region — yours for $14.99/year.
Nautica Day & Night charts
S-52 vector cartography styled for daylight and night watches.
Depth-aware routing
Route planning that respects your draft and the charted depths.
Seabed & holding
Charted seabed type and holding quality from S-57 substrate — know what you’re anchoring into.
Soundings & depth contours
Spot depths and contours across the whole region.
Tides & currents
Tidal heights and streams, bundled in.
Rocks, wrecks & hazards
Charted obstructions so you can plan a clean approach.
Harbours & anchorages
Marinas, harbours and anchorages along the coast.
Lights, buoys & beacons
Charted navaids with their light characteristics.
Fully offline
Download once over wifi; navigate with no signal.
Sources & accuracy
The New Zealand South pack is built from LINZ ENC + GEBCO, fused with community-verified rocks, wrecks and navaids. LINZ hydrographic ENC · GEBCO 2025
- Survey-grade ENC
- 515 × 498 NM
- 185 MB
Anchoring in New Zealand South
AnchorQueen is an anchor-watch app first. Every New Zealand South chart carries seabed type and holding quality from official survey data, so you read the bottom before you drop the hook — then the anchor alarm watches your swing while you sleep.
Auto-renewing, billed securely through your App Store account — no card forms, no separate logins. Cancel anytime.
On iPhone and iPad now — Android coming soon.
Cruising the whole app? Pro includes one region; Max includes three.
Questions
Is the South Island remote cruising?
Yes — Fiordland and Stewart Island are true wilderness with few services. Offline survey charts, accurate soundings and depth-aware routing are essential.
Does it cover Fiordland?
Yes — Milford, Doubtful and the Fiordland coast, plus the Marlborough Sounds, Abel Tasman and Stewart Island.
Will it work with no signal?
Yes — fully offline once downloaded, which is the only option across most of this coast.