HOW IT WORKS
Mooring booking in marine areas
BlueMooring allows boaters to spot destinations for an eco-friendly boat trip, book your mooring on vulnerable marine areas partnering with us, and discover conservation activities carried out on sites.
How can you book buoys for diving with BlueMooring ?
- I just arrived on
an area - Choose the buoy you want
to moor your boat to - Scan the QR code
on the buoy - Book a buoy
in a few clicks - Discover the area you
are staying in
- There is no QR
code on the
buoy? - Spot the VHS channel of
the area’s page and inform
the staff of your arrival - Warn the ranger of your
arrival and in some cases,
pay the mooring fee with
the help of a ranger - Discover the area you
are staying in
- I am planning a
stay in an area - Choose your marine
area here - View the map and choose
the best spot to moor - Book a buoy in
a few clicks - Discover the area you
are staying in
Our mooring booking platform BlueMooring allows you to…
Plan an eco-friendly boat trip
Browse the BlueMooring map and spot all the unique marine areas you want to visit
Book your buoy in a few clicks
Choose, book and moor! BlueMooring allows you to quickly book your buoy in a marine area partnering with us
Discover the conservation actions carried on sites
In your own dedicated interface, centralize reporting and access the history of your activity.
Help finance marine conservation
Depending on the area, by paying a mooring fee, you help the marine area staff finance conservation of local ecosystems
Find local commodities
BlueMooring lists all the services making your stay more comfortable: touristic points of interest, restaurants, transports, businesses…
Get your pass to moor in your favorite area
You are a local or a regular of a particular marine area? Buy a pass and benefit from unlimited access or discounts
Q&A – Questions and answers
I noticed a bug on the BlueMooring website that prevent me from completing my booking. Who can I contact?
Thank you for taking the time of reporting a bug. This is very important to us. You can contact the BlueMooring team at
contact@bluemooring.org to help us solve this bug as quickly as possible.
contact@bluemooring.org to help us solve this bug as quickly as possible.
I can’t scan the QR code on the buoy. What can I do?
If you are unable to scan the QR code on the buoy, go back to the marine area’s page and proceed with one of these 2 options:
• Use the VHS channel of the area and contact them via your MMS, and warn the ranger of your problem so he/she can assist you.
• Call the telephone number of the area so that a ranger can assist you.
• Use the VHS channel of the area and contact them via your MMS, and warn the ranger of your problem so he/she can assist you.
• Call the telephone number of the area so that a ranger can assist you.
My buoy is accidented and I cannot moor my boat on it. What can I do?
If possible, moor your boat to another available buoy. The marine area staff would be grateful if you could report this accidented buoy so the
rangers can intervene and replace it.
If you can moor your boat to another boat, proceed with one of these 2 options:
• Use the VHS channel of the area and contact them via your MMS, and warn the ranger of your problem so he/she can assist you.
• Call the telephone number of the area so that a ranger can assist you.
rangers can intervene and replace it.
If you can moor your boat to another boat, proceed with one of these 2 options:
• Use the VHS channel of the area and contact them via your MMS, and warn the ranger of your problem so he/she can assist you.
• Call the telephone number of the area so that a ranger can assist you.
My Internet connection is too weak to book a buoy via QR code on-site. What can I do?
If you are unable to browse BlueMooring, use the VHS channel of the marine area and contact them via your MMS, and warn the ranger of
your problem so he/she can assist you. If you don’t know the VHS channel, try to warn a ranger passing by to inform him/her of your stay.
your problem so he/she can assist you. If you don’t know the VHS channel, try to warn a ranger passing by to inform him/her of your stay.
Why can’t I book a buoy in some marine areas featured on BlueMooring?
Marine areas featured on the BlueMooring map do not necessarily use BlueMooring to manage their mooring. We have gathered
them on a map to help you design an eco-friendly boat trip in marine areas carrying out conservation activities.
them on a map to help you design an eco-friendly boat trip in marine areas carrying out conservation activities.
What is the difference between a buoy booking and a pass?
When you book a buoy for a day or a night, your stay is limited by the number of days or nights you chose to moor in the area. Buying
a pass usually gives you unlimited access to the area free of charge during a limited period. Depending on the area, owning a pass
can give you a discount applied on each reservation of a buoy.
a pass usually gives you unlimited access to the area free of charge during a limited period. Depending on the area, owning a pass
can give you a discount applied on each reservation of a buoy.
BlueMooring is developed by BlueSeeds, a company addressing the challenge of insufficient funding for marine conservation. BlueSeeds develops financing solutions and help conservationists implement them on the field.
BlueMooring was born out the assessment that marine protected areas—that installed moorings to protect the seagrass bed from anchoring—usually lose more than 50% of their mooring fees because of the way collection is currently handled. Indeed, the MPA staff usually lack the time to collect those fees or boaters moor in the area without being aware of a fee. Furthermore, the fees collected enable MPAs to only finance the collection system itself. The BlueMooring team helps marine protected areas make cost-benefit analyses to assess if our tool can create additional revenues managers can channel towards conservation.
This tool is the first project to emerge as part of the Incubator project funded by the MAVA Foundation.
BlueMooring was born out the assessment that marine protected areas—that installed moorings to protect the seagrass bed from anchoring—usually lose more than 50% of their mooring fees because of the way collection is currently handled. Indeed, the MPA staff usually lack the time to collect those fees or boaters moor in the area without being aware of a fee. Furthermore, the fees collected enable MPAs to only finance the collection system itself. The BlueMooring team helps marine protected areas make cost-benefit analyses to assess if our tool can create additional revenues managers can channel towards conservation.
This tool is the first project to emerge as part of the Incubator project funded by the MAVA Foundation.
