New Jersey coastline · Now in beta
Get shot from
the beach.
Find a local surf photographer shooting your session. Book by the hour. Get your gallery the same day.
Maren K.
Manasquan · 6:30–8:30
For surfers
See what your
surfing looks like.
Open SHACKD at dawn, see who’s shooting your break this morning, and book the window you’re already paddling out for. No full-day shoots. No chasing tags.
- Photographers sorted by spot proximity and time window.
- Pick your slot, drop a note — “yellow board, mostly lefts” — and pay.
- Same-day gallery push. Mark favorites, leave a review.
For photographers
Monetize the window
you’re already shooting.
You’re out on the beach with a 70–200mm two mornings a week anyway. Post the spot and the window, accept in one tap, and get paid by the hour — SHACKD handles discovery, payment, and delivery.
- Post a window in under 60 seconds, up to 3 surfers.
- One-tap accept with a clear gross / fee / net breakdown.
- Live session mode: running clock, lineup pins, auto-upload.
How it works
From dawn check to gallery by lunch.
Find your window
Browse photographers shooting your break, sorted by who’s closest and on at the time you’re surfing.
Book by the hour
One-hour minimum, half-hour increments. Agree on spot, time and rate before any money moves.
Paddle out
Chat opens, pinned to your session. Your photographer pins the jetty; you pin when you’re in the lineup.
Get your gallery
Photos drop the same day. Pick favorites, repost, leave a review. Funds release 48 hr after delivery.
Every part of the session,
in your pocket.
Discovery, booking, chat, delivery and reviews — one app, both sides of the lens.
Calling NJ surf photographers
Post your window.
Get paid by the hour.
Stop shooting for free and chasing tags. Link Stripe, post a window, and turn the mornings you’re already out into income. We’re hand-recruiting the first eight photographers on the coast — first three sessions are on us.
2 hours at Manasquan, $65/hr
- Session total
- $130.00
- SHACKD fee · 15%
- − $19.50
- Processing
- − $4.20
Launch market
Starting on the
Jersey coastline.
Five breaks at launch, Manasquan to Seaside. SoCal and the Outer Banks are next on the chart.
Belmar · winter swell Manasquan Inlet
The launch break. Jetty rights, dawn crowds.
Belmar
Beach-break peaks down the avenues.
Asbury Park
Consistent, photogenic, boardwalk backdrop.
Long Branch
North-end sandbars and groomed lines.
Casino Pier · Seaside
Pier bowl when the swell swings south.