13 November 2025

Marine navigation company Savvy Navvy introduces a new NMEA Connect feature, which seamlessly integrates NMEA-enabled boat instruments with the app, providing real-time data and enhanced AIS visibility.

Working with award-winning Actisense, recognised globally for their NMEA interconnectivity speciality, Savvy Navvy’s new NMEA Connect feature enables boaters to view real-time data including wind, depth, engine RPMs, speed through water, heading and more, in the app.

By combining onboard and over-the-horizon AIS, NMEA Connect delivers a complete view of nearby vessels for safer, smarter navigation. Through NMEA Connect, boaters can now access their boat's instruments and Savvy Navvy's smart routing technology from their pocket, eliminating the need to switch between multiple screens or devices.

“Boaters increasingly seek apps that simplify navigation and enhance onboard intelligence. NMEA Connect combines the proven reliability of NMEA technology with Savvy Navvy's smart routing capabilities, giving boaters everything they need in one place. For boats without NMEA-compatible chart plotters, Savvy Navvy now becomes your all-in-one display," says Misha Vysokovskiy, Chief Product Officer at Savvy Navvy.

Actisense, global specialists in marine electronics, help leisure and commercial operators build safer, smarter and more dependable onboard networks.

Savvy Navvy already delivers a huge amount of value to boaters, pulling together geographic location and environmental data streams. The addition of NMEA data connection means that other integral navigation and systems data will give boaters better visibility of things like depth, speed over ground, wind speed, heading and engine RPM - all within the easy-to-use Savvy Navvy app. Actisense are proud to have partnered with Savvy Navvy, lending our NMEA specialism. We share company missions of making journeys safer and more efficient through better data.

Justin Cohen Commercial Director at Actisense

Savvy Navvy, often referred to as ‘Google maps for boats’, has had over three million downloads globally. Unlike any other boating navigation solution, Savvy Navvy provides smart routing — giving users optimal routes and dynamic ETAs based on real-time data: departure time, chart information, weather conditions, tide, boat specifications and local regulations.

The NMEA Connect feature comes just weeks after Savvy Navvy launched an industry-first new chart annotation tool and Three Point Fix, following requests from boating instructors to turn digital charts into interactive learning tools for the next generation of boaters. 

To find out more about the NMEA Connect in the Savvy Navvy app visit www.savvy-navvy.com