Not a 3D flyover. A depth map you can read in a second.

You don’t need a photorealistic lakebed while you’re at the wheel. You need to know where it’s deep, where it’s shallow, and how close the difference is. That’s the whole map.

  • Rendered at today’s water level. Not last season’s. As the lake drops, the shallows grow — and the map grows with them.
  • Your boat on the map. GPS and heading from the phone itself, so you can see what’s ahead of you, not just around you.
  • Downloaded before you launch. The map lives on your phone. No bars, no problem.

Everything Compass does →

The Compass depth map in the LakeStats app on Lake Powell, shading shallow water red and orange and deep water blue, with the boat's position and current depth shown.

Start free. Go deeper when you want to.

The things people come for — how high is the lake, is my ramp open, how deep is it here — stay free. LakeStats Pro is what turns the map into a trip planner.

  1. On the web

    Lake stats

    Free — no account, no download

    • Today’s water level
    • Change over a day, a week, a year
    • Historical graphs and storage
    • Boat ramps and their status
  2. In the app

    The depth map

    Free with an account

    • The lakebed at today’s level
    • Your position and heading
    • Downloaded for offline use
    • Everything on the web tier
  3. Subscription

    LakeStats Pro

    $39.99 a year

    • Hundreds of points of interest
    • Buoys and reported hazards
    • Weather and current conditions
    • Live speedometer and depth gauge

Everything else that’s out there.

The base map tells you where the water is. LakeStats Pro tells you what’s in it, what’s coming, and what other boaters found today.

Points of interest

Hundreds of them — beaches, coves, marinas, canyons and campsites, mapped and searchable. We're adding more every month.

Hazards you reported

Submerged rocks, debris and low-water surprises, flagged by the boaters who found them and dated so you know how fresh it is.

Buoys

Where the markers are now — they move, and a chart printed last season doesn't know that.

Weather

The forecast for the lake's own coordinates, not the nearest town's: temperature, wind and gusts, rain chance, and the next seven days.

Current conditions

What the water is actually doing right now, reported by people who are on it.

Live speedometer

Your speed over ground, live on the map, without a second device on the dash.

Live depth gauge

The depth beneath you as you move, updating as you go — read straight off the map.

$39.99 a year, billed through the App Store. Everything listed as free stays free.

Before you download.

Do I need the app to check a water level?

No. Levels, percent full, historical graphs and ramp status are on the website, free, with no account. The app is for the depth map — that has to live on your phone so it works offline.

Does the map work without a signal?

That's the point of it. The app downloads a lake's map before you launch, so it keeps working in a canyon, twenty miles from a tower, with your phone in airplane mode.

How accurate is the depth?

The lakebed comes from depth surveys and the water level from the Bureau of Reclamation, so what you see is survey depth measured against today's surface. Sediment shifts, surveys age, and the shallow edges are always the least certain part. Treat it as a very good guide, not a guarantee — keep your eyes up.

Which lakes do you cover?

Lake Powell, Bear Lake, Lake Tahoe, Lake Mead, Roosevelt Lake, Flaming Gorge, Deer Creek, Lake Mohave, Carter Lake, Horsetooth Reservoir, Fontenelle Reservoir, Strawberry Reservoir, East Canyon Reservoir, Jordanelle Reservoir, Pineview Reservoir, Starvation Reservoir, Echo Reservoir, Red Fleet Reservoir, Willard Bay, Causey Reservoir, Lake Pleasant and Lake Havasu — with more on the way. 8 of them have the depth map so far; the search above shows what's live right now.

What does LakeStats Pro cost?

$39.99 a year, billed through the App Store. Everything listed as free stays free.

Know the water before you get there.

Check the level from the driveway. Take the map out with you.