Eco-mooring buoy with the hull of a boat behind it.

Pay to moor

Pay to use an eco-mooring and help us protect Studland’s fragile seagrass meadows. All money raised by the mooring fees goes directly back into the conservation project.

Paying for your mooring is quick and simple using the Sippi Mooring App. Remember that the partnership is a not-for-profit organisation. Every penny raised from the moorings goes directly towards protecting Studland Bay’s seagrass meadows, while allowing boating to continue here.

The eco-moorings are privately owned. If you have chosen not to pay, we ask that you move your vessel and moor outside of the Voluntary No Anchor Zone. This allows others to use the eco-mooring and contribute towards their maintenance and upkeep.

Top photo: © The Seahorse Trust

White boat attached to an eco-mooring in the sea. Old Harry Rocks, a famous rock formation, in the background.

Photo: boatfolk

2026 mooring fees

• £7.50 for up to 4 hours

• £15 for up to 24 hours (overnight)

• £150 for a seasonal pass for frequent visitors (cannot be used to moor for more than seven consecutive days)

How to pay for mooring

Just follow these simple steps:

STEP 1

Download the Sippi app and create an account before your first visit.

STEP 2

No pre-booking, just find an available eco-mooring.

STEP 3

Moor your vessel.

STEP 4

Check the location code on the pick-up line tag or buoy – select this location code in your app or input it.

STEP 5

Make your payment using the app. As an alternative to the Sippi app, you can also use this link to pay.

Seasonal Passes

Seasonal passes are also available under ‘Products’. After purchasing a seasonal pass, please email us with your receipt number, vessel name and type, and your address so we can send out your pass.

If you have any questions about the eco-moorings system, please contact us

“It is fantastic that so many people are now using the eco-moorings and supporting the project. But we need more people to pay when they moor. If we can’t raise enough funds for the eco-moorings to go out every year, the seagrass meadows will suffer – and the bay could end up as a compulsory no‑anchor zone.”
David Brown, chair of the partnership steering group, and lead ecologist for the National Trust
Woman at the helm of a speedboat, wearing a yellow cap. Beyond is the sea and a white boat.

Photo: Dorset Coast Forum

On-the-water ambassadors

The team from Studland Watersports regularly patrols the Marine Conservation Zone. They are on hand to chat to boaters about the seagrass meadows and explain why we are conserving them. They can help with use of the eco-moorings and the Sippi app – and can even take direct payments for moorings.