Marine survey: Marine Survey Fee Index
The median published figure in the Marine Survey Fee Index is 16 GBP across 9 figures from 7 sources' own pages (range 7 to 21 GBP), read 26 September 2026.
- 17 to 9
- 9 to 12
- 112 to 14
- 414 to 16
- 116 to 19
- 219 to 21
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 7 to 9 | 1 source |
| 9 to 12 | 0 sources |
| 12 to 14 | 1 source |
| 14 to 16 | 4 sources |
| 16 to 19 | 1 source |
| 19 to 21 | 2 sources |
7 of the 40 named sources read in full publish a figure; 33 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 16 GBP across 9).
By vessel construction and survey type
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| vessel construction RIB | 16 GBP | 12 to 20 GBP | 2 |
| survey type tonnage measurement | 7 GBP | 7 to 7 GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yacht Surveyor (Hamble/Southampton) costs | 21 GBP | 2026-09-12 | |
| Yacht Surveyor (Hamble/Southampton) costs | 20 GBP | RIB | 2026-09-12 |
| South Coast Marine Surveyors fees and costs | 17 GBP | 2026-09-12 | |
| Aquamarine Surveys prices | 16 GBP | 2026-09-12 | |
| Omega Yacht Services fees | 16 GBP | 2026-09-12 | |
| Sharp Marine Surveys prices | 15 GBP | 2026-09-12 | |
| Midlands Boat Surveys pricing | 14 GBP | 2026-09-12 | |
| South Coast Marine Surveyors fees and costs | 12 GBP | RIB | 2026-09-12 |
| AP Marine Surveys 2026 season fee guide | 7 GBP | tonnage measurement | 2026-09-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (9)
- Yacht Surveyor (Hamble/Southampton) costs, read 2026-09-12:
Single inboard engine GRP motor and sail boats with few systems surveyed ashore only from £21 per foot x length overall for insurance surveys in winter.
- Yacht Surveyor (Hamble/Southampton) costs, read 2026-09-12:
RIBS, Sports boats and small simple GRP boats with outboard engines or no engines we start at £20 per foot x length over all for insurance surveys in the winter.
- South Coast Marine Surveyors fees and costs, read 2026-09-12:
Yachts and motor boats at £17 per foot.
- Aquamarine Surveys prices, read 2026-09-12:
The price of a survey depends on its scope (pre-purchase is more involved than insurance, for instance) and the size and location of the boat. As a rule of thumb, pre-purchase surveys are charged at £16 per foot of boat length if it's a GRP sailing yacht or simple power boat under 40ft/12.2m.
- Omega Yacht Services fees, read 2026-09-12:
A full and inclusive fee of £16 per foot LOA is charged for a pre-purchase survey (I am not VAT-registered) and £15 per foot for an insurance survey (if you already own the yacht).
- Sharp Marine Surveys prices, read 2026-09-12:
From £15 per foot
- Midlands Boat Surveys pricing, read 2026-09-12:
Survey pricing ranges from £14 to £22 per linear foot, depending on the vessel’s type, age, construction, condition, and the extent of the required survey scope.
- South Coast Marine Surveyors fees and costs, read 2026-09-12:
RIB's at £12 per foot (for condition or insurance/finance surveys.
- AP Marine Surveys 2026 season fee guide, read 2026-09-12:
Accordance with certifying authority (YDSA) £7/ft+CA fee
Read in full, publishes no figure
33 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Anchor Marine Surveys price page, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- European Marine Services price list, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Hull Safe Surveys narrowboat pricing, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Small Boat Surveys, the cost of boat surveys, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Marine Surveys (Duncan) rates, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Small Craft Services prices, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Small Craft Services BSS page, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- boat-safety-examiner.com costs, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Blue Star Surveys BSS examinations, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- SCMS fees 2026, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- IIMS Certifying Authority coding fees, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- IIMS vessel coding fees, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Allcraft Marine Surveys FAQs, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Paul Kerridge yacht surveyor fees (pkyachtsurveys), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Paul Kerridge yacht and motor boat survey fees, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Mecal International coding surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Yacht Surveyor MCA charter coding surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Maple Marine MCA small commercial vessel coding, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- European Marine Services tonnage surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Allcraft Marine Surveys Part 1 registration, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GMS Marine (Suffolk), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Essex Marine Consultants, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Blue Star Surveys marine surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Simply Marine Surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- UK Boat Surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Small Boat Surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- McCollam Marine boat surveys (Northern Ireland), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Saunders Morgan Harris power boat and motor yacht surveys, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Velos Insurance, how much is a boat or yacht survey, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- GJW Direct, boat safety certificate costs, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Aquavista boat surveys guide, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- JD Narrowboats survey cost guide 2026, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Narrowboats.uk survey cost, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
7 of the 40 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 33 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 4 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 107 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
Derivation as chartered: The rate every UK surveyor who publishes one, normalised to a single comparable unit - £ per foot of LOA - across four scopes (pre-purchase/full condition, insurance/condition, hull-only, and the statutory examinations: BSS, MCA coding, tonnage).
Nobody publishes this: each surveyor states their own scale, some per foot, some per metre, some as a worked example for a named vessel, some as a minimum fee, and the units and the VAT treatment differ firm by firm (several state they are not VAT-registered, which changes the comparison by a fifth).
The figures are the median, minimum and maximum £/ft per scope; the spread between the cheapest and dearest published rate; the count and share of surveyors who publish a rate versus quote per vessel; the £/ft by region; the minimum-fee floor that makes a small boat cost more per foot than a large one; and repriced-since the previous read, which is the news each spring when the season's fee guides turn over.
107 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (44)
- Aquamarine Surveys prices (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Anchor Marine Surveys price page (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- South Coast Marine Surveyors fees and costs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- AP Marine Surveys 2026 season fee guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Yacht Surveyor (Hamble/Southampton) costs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- European Marine Services price list (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Hull Safe Surveys narrowboat pricing (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Sharp Marine Surveys prices (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Omega Yacht Services fees (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Midlands Boat Surveys pricing (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Small Boat Surveys, the cost of boat surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Marine Surveys (Duncan) rates (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Small Craft Services prices (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Small Craft Services BSS page (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- boat-safety-examiner.com costs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Blue Star Surveys BSS examinations (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SCMS fees 2026 (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- IIMS Certifying Authority coding fees (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- IIMS vessel coding fees (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Allcraft Marine Surveys FAQs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Paul Kerridge yacht surveyor fees (pkyachtsurveys) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Paul Kerridge yacht and motor boat survey fees (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Mecal International coding surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Yacht Surveyor MCA charter coding surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Maple Marine MCA small commercial vessel coding (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- European Marine Services tonnage surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Allcraft Marine Surveys Part 1 registration (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GMS Marine (Suffolk) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Essex Marine Consultants (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Blue Star Surveys marine surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Simply Marine Surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- UK Boat Surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Small Boat Surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- McCollam Marine boat surveys (Northern Ireland) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Saunders Morgan Harris power boat and motor yacht surveys (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Velos Insurance, how much is a boat or yacht survey (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GJW Direct, boat safety certificate costs (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Aquavista boat surveys guide (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- JD Narrowboats survey cost guide 2026 (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Narrowboats.uk survey cost (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Peter Brookes Marine Surveyor pricing (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- LHS Marine survey fees (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- google.com (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ydsa.co.uk (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Marine Survey Fee Index is 16 GBP across 9 figures from 7 sources' own pages (range 7 to 21 GBP), read 26 September 2026.
7 of the 40 named sources read in full publish a figure; 33 publish none, read 26 September 2026.
Marine Survey Fee Index, vessel construction RIB: median 16 GBP across 2 sources, read 26 September 2026.
Marine Survey Fee Index, survey type tonnage measurement: median 7 GBP across 1 source, read 26 September 2026.
The median is unchanged since 25 September 2026 (was 16 GBP across 9).
Cite as: "marinesurveycost.co.uk Marine Survey Fee Index", updated 2026-09-26, https://marinesurveycost.co.uk/datasets/marine-survey-fee-index/.
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