Pricing
Configure the ocean number around how often you actually use it.
Start with a personal text ritual. Upgrade when WaveWatch is watching more water, answering more follow-ups, and carrying more of your planning loop.
Pricing
Pay for the relationship, not a pile of credits.
WaveWatch is one expert ocean number, calibrated to your water. Plans scale by spots, rituals, proactive texts, and serious-use limits without making the product feel like a meter.
Founder Annual
Limited launch access for early ocean people who want the number now and are willing to help shape the rituals.
Personal water ritual
Core
For one person who wants WaveWatch to watch their usual spots and text the useful windows.
Spots
3 spots
Rituals
2 rituals
Texts
45/month
Asks
40/month
- One verified phone number
- Daily or weekend text briefings
- Surf, fish, dive, or boat mode
- Concise expert calls with best window and risk
Serious ocean life
Best fitPro
For high-frequency users who want more spots, more rituals, and priority event watching.
Spots
15 spots
Rituals
8 rituals
Texts
200/month
Asks
200/month
- Multi-activity memory across your water
- Big swell, hazard, and worth-it alerts
- Detailed reasoning when you need the why
- Higher fair-use ceiling for follow-up texts
Guides, charters, crews
Operator
For people making client, crew, or trip decisions around a repeatable coastal operation.
Spots
50 spots
Rituals
25 rituals
Texts
1,000/month
Asks
750/month
- Operator-grade saved water and audiences
- Trip viability, reschedule, and safety-margin calls
- Manual override and review hooks
- Private deployment path as the product matures
Use and gating plan
The UI should talk about plans. The backend should count usage units so SMS delivery, forecast runs, and assistant calls can be gated cleanly.
| Limit | Core | Pro | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saved spots | 3 | 15 | 50 |
| Text rituals | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| Proactive texts | 45/mo | 200/mo | 1,000/mo |
| Ask WaveWatch | 40/mo | 200/mo | 750/mo |
| Text me now | 10/mo | 60/mo | 200/mo |
| Hazard watch | Fair use | Priority | Priority + review |
Stage 0
Founder launch
Offer a simple annual founder pass while the product loop is being tuned. Keep the buyer decision easy and gather real usage data before over-optimizing packaging.
Stage 1
Core and Pro
Public self-serve launch with $15 Core and $50 Pro. Checkout, onboarding, and entitlement gates should all read from the same plan keys.
Stage 2
Operator
Add $99 Operator when there is enough delivery and usage evidence to support guide, charter, and crew workflows without custom quoting every account.