What people ask us

A Norwegian fishing app that shows you where conditions suit the species you are after. Pick a species, tap the map, and you get a habitat score with the reasoning behind it — not just a number.

FjordSpot is free to try on the web. The Android app is in closed testing on Google Play. On iPhone you can add FjordSpot to your home screen and it behaves like an app.

No, you do not have to — but you can. FjordSpot runs straight in the browser, on your phone too. If you want FjordSpot on your home screen with its own icon, you can install it — see the next question.

Yes. Open the app in your browser and install it from there: on Android you get “Install app” in the menu, on iPhone choose Share → “Add to Home Screen”, and on PC and Mac there is an install icon in the address bar. You then get the icon on your screen, and the app opens full screen without an address bar — just like one from the store.

Create an account, allow location when asked, tap the map to see the analysis, and register your first catch with “+ New catch” in the bottom menu. It takes under a minute. See the full guide →

Yes. Depth data, tides and weather cover the entire Norwegian coast, from the south coast to Finnmark.

It runs from 0 to 100 and says how well a point suits the species you picked. The app shows five levels: weak match below 30, moderate match 30–49, good match 50–69, strong match 70–84 and exceptional match from 85. You always see why — a steep edge or a depth transition, for instance.

No, and we never will. FjordSpot shows you where the conditions line up — nature decides the rest. That is exactly why we show the reasoning, not just a number.

The species guide shows 187 Norwegian species, all with a habitat model. 138 of them can be picked as your target species. The rest are there for identification — protected species, deep-water species and species rarely seen in Norwegian waters. See the full species guide →

Public Norwegian sources: depth data from Kartverket (over 10 million soundings), tides from Kartverket, weather from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and map layers from BarentsWatch, the Directorate of Fisheries and the Environment Agency.

Yes. Tides are shown using official data from Kartverket, they are saved automatically with every catch, and they are one of the factors behind the habitat score — how much they matter depends on the species.

Four base maps: topographic, nautical chart, satellite and 3D seabed — the last one shows the seabed in relief with the camera tilted, so edges, trenches and pinnacles are easy to spot. On top of that you can switch on ship traffic (AIS), fishing gear in the water, fish farms with their exclusion zone, spawning grounds, coral reefs, eelgrass meadows, kelp forest, shell sand and soft bottom.

Hits only show above a certain score for the species you picked. Try another species, increase the radius, or move the analysis point — a spot that is moderate for cod can be good for pollack.

Depth and seabed structure, transitions and edges, bottom type and sea temperature — plus tide, moon phase and air pressure. Every species has its own profile, so what scores well for cod is not the same as for pollack. More on how HSI works →

Not yet. Current and waves are shown in the app, but current direction is not part of the score today. It is on the list of things we want to add.

Weather and tides are fetched continuously from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian Mapping Authority. Depth data and map layers are fixed datasets from the agencies, updated when they publish new versions. The fishing rules were last reviewed in April 2026 — always check with the Directorate of Fisheries before you head out.

Yes. Tap the microphone and say the species, weight and length out loud. The catch goes into your log with position and time. You enter the depth yourself.

Tide (high/low water and sea level), weather (wind, temperature, air pressure), moon phase and light level, and sunrise/sunset. It is collected in the background within seconds.

Yes. Take a photo in the catch form and you get the three most likely species to choose from. The image is sent to Claude (Anthropic) for recognition; on a match we store a downscaled copy on our own server in Norway to improve recognition. The photo is never shared with other users unless you choose to.

Yes. Saved spots can be downloaded as GPX and loaded straight into a chartplotter or handheld GPS. You can also import a GPX file of marks you already have. More on GPX in and out →

Yes. Under Settings → Data you can export spots and catches as GPX or JSON.

Yes, for recreational sea fishing, from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries — with separate rules north and south of 62°N and for the Oslofjord. Rules change, so always check with the Directorate before you head out. Our page on the fishing rules →

It shows fish farms with their 100-metre exclusion zone, and trawling bans around coral reefs. Use it as support — knowing the rules is your responsibility.

A safety feature for those heading out alone. You add a contact and how often you will check in. Your contact gets an email when the trip starts, with a link to follow you. Miss a check-in and they get an alert with your last position. Fish Alone is a tool, not an emergency service — in an emergency in Norway call 112 or 113, or use VHF channel 16.

Partly. Maps you have already viewed, and the last weather, wave and tide data, are available offline — as they were when you last had coverage. If you ask for a new analysis, it is queued and runs automatically once you are back in coverage. Registering a new catch requires a connection — that applies to both the form and voice logging.

Registering a new catch, both in the form and by voice. The same goes for photo species identification, the Community and syncing. New map analyses also need a connection, but they are queued and run automatically once you have coverage again. Your spots and catches are never stored on the device, so those pages need a connection every time.

Other users see nothing unless you choose to share. If you share to the Community, an approximate position is shown: the coordinates are rounded, so the point can be around half a kilometre from where you actually stood. That makes the spot imprecise and hard to find again. If you would rather not share a position at all, you can turn it off in the settings. What the system learns from is catch data without a user ID — species, place, depth and conditions, not who was standing there.

You decide. Your catches are private until you choose to share them to the Community — that is the only way a position can become visible to others. When you share, an approximate position is shown: the coordinates are rounded, so the point can be around half a kilometre from where you actually stood. That makes the spot imprecise and hard to find again. The Community is new and still small, so there is not much activity yet.

Location data and other hidden information in the image file are removed when the photo is stored.

Yes. Under Settings → Data you can delete saved points, catches or your entire account. Delete the account and your data is removed from the service. Database backups are rotated out within 30 days, so the last traces disappear during that month.

On our own server in Norway.

Write to support@fjordspot.no. We only add species when the basis is sound, but we do want to hear what you are missing.

Yes, please do. FjordSpot is built by someone who fishes, and the best ideas have come from people using the app. Write to support@fjordspot.no.