Lake of the Ozarks

The lake is the road.We’re the ride.

Book a ride

Drop a pin

Tap your dock on the chart. We’ll snap it to the nearest navigable water.

No pin yet — tap the chart.

Drop a pin

Tap your dock on the chart. We’ll snap it to the nearest navigable water.

No pin yet — tap the chart.

Passengers
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On-demand rides between the docks, bars, and marinas of Lake of the Ozarks — priced along the water you actually travel.

  • USCG-licensed captains
  • Water-routed pricing
  • On demand, not on a timetable

How it works

Four steps, start to dock.

  1. 01

    Request

    Pick your dock, or drop a pin where you are. Say where you're going and how many of you there are.

  2. 02

    See the estimate

    Water distance, arrival time, and the full price breakdown come back before you confirm.

  3. 03

    A captain is assigned

    The ride goes to the nearest on-shift captain whose boat fits your party — nearest by water, not by map.

  4. 04

    You get picked up

    Track the boat in on the map, meet it at the dock, and step aboard.

Where we run

Every dock on this chart is one we can reach.

These are not pins dropped on a stock map. The tinted water is the water we serve, and the route button turns on the channel network our dispatcher actually routes over — if a cove is drawn there, a boat can get into it.

50 docks served

Not on the list? Drop a pin at your dock when you book — it snaps to the nearest navigable water.

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL, osm:relation/405844). Channels derived from it by Ozark Water Taxi.

Pricing

Three numbers, no meter tricks.

Base farewater miles × ratepassengers × rateyour quote

Base fare
$ —per tripCovers dispatch and the captain's run out to your dock.
Per water mile
$ —per mile travelledMeasured along the channel the boat actually follows. A straight line across this lake usually crosses a peninsula.
Per passenger
$ —per headEveryone aboard counts. Change the party size and the quote changes with it.

Rates are still being set with the operator, so no numbers are published here yet. Whatever they land at, every request shows the full breakdown before you confirm the ride.

Safety

Nobody has to be the designated driver.

The whole point of a water taxi on this lake is that the last decision of the night is not one you have to make behind a wheel.

  • Licensed captains

    Every trip is run by a USCG-licensed captain. Nobody is learning on your ride.

  • Life jackets aboard

    Coast Guard-approved jackets for every passenger on the boat, sized for kids too.

  • A sober ride home

    Leave the boat at the dock and the keys in your pocket. Getting home is our problem, not yours.

Questions

Before you book.

Something not covered here? Call the dock line and a person will answer.

(573) 555-0100

It is the distance a boat actually covers getting you there, following the navigable channel. Lake of the Ozarks is a flooded river valley: two docks a mile apart in a straight line can be six miles apart by water, with a peninsula in between. Charging on straight-line distance would undercharge some rides and badly overcharge others.

Usually. Drop a pin on the map where you are and it snaps to the nearest point on navigable water. If that point is too far from anything a boat can reach, the request will tell you so rather than sending a captain on a guess.

A USCG-licensed captain, on shift, in a boat sized for your party. You will see who is coming and where they are once the ride is assigned.

Set the party size when you request the ride and the dispatcher matches a boat with the seats to take you. Larger groups may be split across two boats rather than turned away.

No — it is most of the reason this service exists. Bring your group down to the dock and let the captain handle the water.

Ready when you are.

Set two docks and a head count. The estimate takes a moment.

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