Boat tracking · Nigeria

Know where your boat is, even when you are on dry land.

Otrac fits a sealed marine tracker that keeps reporting through spray, salt and open water. You watch her position from your phone, draw a fence around the mooring, and hear about trouble before anyone at the jetty does.

  • Waterproof hidden install
  • Live location on water
  • Geofence the mooring
  • Tamper alerts
  • Guards the outboard
GPS tracking fitted to a boat by Otrac
Since 2017 NCC-registered SIM 2-year hardware warranty Satellite fallback for open water Come-to-you jetty fitting
What boat tracking is

A boat spends most of its life somewhere you cannot see it.

A boat tracker is a sealed GPS unit wired into the vessel so it reports its position whether she is tied up at the jetty or running across the lagoon. Otrac fits it out of sight, on a registered SIM near shore, with a satellite option for the water past coverage.

The unit you pick up cheap is built for a dashboard, not a deck. The first heavy spray gets into the case, the SIM roams onto nothing once you leave the shoreline, and you find both out on the day the boat goes missing. Ours is sealed for the wet, sited where the salt does not reach, and set to shout the moment she moves off her spot.

Three things set a fitted Otrac marine unit apart from a car box taped under a seat.

Built for the wet

A sealed housing sited away from the spray, so a wash-down at the jetty or a soaking on a rough crossing leaves it working.

Reports past the shoreline

A registered SIM near shore, and a satellite fallback we quote for the deep water, so the position keeps arriving where phones give up.

Fences the spot she sits

Draw a line around the mooring or the marina and your phone pings the second she drifts loose or someone casts her off.

Who fits a boat tracker

Who puts a tracker on the water.

Private owners

People whose weekend boat sits at a Lekki or Ikoyi jetty all week, unwatched.

Charter operators

Owners renting out boats who need to see where every vessel is while it is out.

Outboard owners

Anyone whose engine is worth more than the hull and walks off first.

Jet ski owners

Riders who leave a ski on a trailer or a rack between weekends.

Marine businesses

Firms moving people or goods on water who want each boat on one screen.

How it works

From a message to a dot on the water.

Message us the boat

Send the type of vessel, where she sits, and whether you run past the shoreline. We tell you the setup and the price, no runaround.

We meet you at the jetty

A fitter comes to the vessel and wires the sealed unit in out of sight, away from the spray, so nobody spots it on a walk-round.

You go live on your phone

The tracker reports on a registered SIM. Open the app and watch her position, near shore or out on the water.

You hear about trouble first

Set a fence around the mooring, and if she moves off her spot your phone pings before anyone at the jetty knows.

What's included

Everything in a boat tracking fitting.

One visit at the jetty, and a unit that keeps reporting from the first crossing.

Waterproof hidden install

A sealed unit wired in out of sight, sited away from the wet by a fitter who does this daily.

Live location on water

Watch her position from your phone whether she is moored or running across the lagoon.

Geofence the mooring

Draw a line around the jetty or marina and get pinged the moment she crosses it.

Tamper and movement alerts

An alert lands the moment she drifts loose, is cast off, or someone lifts the engine.

Satellite fallback option

For the water past mobile coverage, we quote a satellite link so the position keeps arriving.

Around-the-clock response line

One team on WhatsApp, and location intelligence for the appropriate security authorities if she is taken.

Why not a car box on a boat

A car tracker taped to a deck vs a fitted Otrac marine unit.

A car box on a boat
Otrac, fitted for water
Open case that lets spray in and dies after the first wet season.
Sealed housing sited away from the spray, built for the deck.
SIM roams onto nothing the moment you leave the shoreline.
Registered SIM near shore, with a satellite fallback for the deep water.
No fence, so a boat off her mooring goes unnoticed for days.
Geofence the mooring and get an alert the second she moves.
Watches the hull, ignores the outboard that walks first.
Sited to report if the engine is lifted or moved.
Taped under a seat by you, easy to spot on a walk-round.
Hidden, clean wiring by a fitter who comes to the jetty.
No warranty, and no one to call the day she goes missing.
2-year hardware warranty and a response line that answers.

Same dot on a map, very different outcome the morning the mooring is empty.

Why Otrac

We track boats the way we track vehicles. To hold up.

Otrac has worked on Nigerian assets since 2017. We know which units survive the salt and the heat on the water, and which ones quit inside a season. You get the sealed unit that holds up, fitted at the jetty by a team that does this daily, not a car box handed over in a nylon bag.

The boat runs on the same platform as our vehicle trackers, on an NCC-registered SIM that stays live near shore, with a satellite option for the open water. One app, one team, one number to call when you need her position in a hurry.

Otrac boat tracking — fitted by our team
Pricing

What boat tracking costs

Tracking and monitoring are sold as a service, not a one-off gadget. The figures below cover the near-shore setup. Satellite fallback for open water is quoted on top.

Per vessel

Marine tracking

Sealed unit, live position and geofence, fitted at the jetty.

₦199,900 first year

Then ₦34,900/yr for SIM, monitoring and support.

  • Waterproof unit, hidden install at the jetty
  • Live location on your phone, near shore
  • Geofence the mooring, plus tamper alerts
  • NCC-registered SIM and response line
Protect my vessel

Satellite fallback

For the water past mobile coverage, so the position keeps arriving.

By quote on top

Priced to how far you run and how often she is out.

  • Keeps reporting where the mobile network drops
  • Added to the marine tracking setup above
  • Same app, same team, one screen
  • Right for charter and long-run vessels
Ask for a quote

Boat tracking is a service, not a gadget you buy once. The yearly fee keeps the SIM, the monitoring and the response line working. See full pricing →

FAQ

Boat tracking, answered.

Will the tracker survive splash, spray and a wash-down?
Yes. We fit a sealed, weather-ready unit and tuck it away from the wet, so a rinse at the jetty or a rough crossing does not touch it.
Does it hold a signal once I leave the shoreline?
Near shore it reports on an NCC-registered SIM. If you run far past coverage, we quote a satellite fallback so the position keeps coming in even when the mobile network drops.
Can you fit at the jetty instead of me hauling the boat out?
We come to the vessel. A fitter meets you at the jetty, the marina or wherever she sits, and wires the unit in out of sight.
Can I get an alert if the boat leaves its mooring?
Draw a fence around the mooring, the jetty or the marina, and your phone pings the moment she crosses it. That is the difference between noticing at dawn and noticing three days later.
What happens if the boat drifts loose or someone takes her?
You get a movement alert straight away, and we share the live position and location intelligence with the appropriate security authorities so the trace starts while there is still something to find.
Does it protect the outboard engine on its own?
The outboard is the part that walks first. We can site the unit so it reports if the engine is lifted or moved, which matters when the engine is worth more than the hull.

Tell us the boat. We will quote it and fit it at the jetty.

Send the type of vessel and where she sits on WhatsApp, and we will sort the rest.

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