The Boater Gift Guide: Great Gifts Under $50

Buying for a boat owner is easy to get wrong. Skip the anchor-print throw pillows. The gifts that land are the ones that actually ride on the boat: the tool that gets used at the cleaning table, the koozie that lives in the console, the hat that becomes the hat. Everything below is under fifty dollars, in stock at Boat Supplies Direct, and dock-tested in spirit if not in fact.

For the one who fishes

Toadfish Stowaway Folding Fillet Knife. A real fillet blade that folds like a pocket knife and clips to a bag or belt loop with its built-in carabiner. It is the cleaning-table gift that gets used every single trip. See it here.

Toadfish Ultimate Shears. Braid, leader, bait, zip ties: one tough pair of shears with a sheath, built for salt. See them here.

Toadfish Stowaway Cutting Board. Folds flat, stows anywhere, and the built-in sharpener keeps the fillet knife honest. See it here.

For the one whose phone has been swimming

Toadfish Stowaway Dry Box. A crush-proof console box with a grippy phone tray. Keys, wallet, phone: dry. This is the gift people did not know they wanted until the first rogue wave. See it here.

For the sandbar regular

Coleman 9-can soft cooler. The grab-and-go bag for the bow rider crowd. Lunch, drinks, done. See it here.

Boats Gone Wild koozie, decal, and floating keychain. The stocking-stuffer trifecta from our own lifestyle line. The keychain floats, which has saved more key rings than any of us will admit. Start at the Boats Gone Wild collection.

For the boat that gets washed every Sunday

Shurhold deck brush and telescoping handle. The brush system the detailing crowd swears by. Pair a medium bristle head with the telescoping handle and you have a complete wash setup. Brush here, handle here.

For the safety-minded (or the loud)

ACR Res-Q Whistle. A survival whistle with a lanyard for the ditch bag or the kid's life jacket. Cheap, loud, and the kind of gift that says you actually thought about it. See it here.

The wearable wins

The Boats Gone Wild snapback and classic tee are the easy yes for anyone who lives for time on the water, and the boat flag turns the whole raft-up into a statement. All of it is in the Boats Gone Wild shop, and you can browse the line on our own apparel page first.

Every pick above was in stock when this guide published. For the full gift wall, head to the original guide at Boat Supplies Direct.