Pump-out cost in San Francisco Bay Area: published rates
Published prices from one Bay Area business for pump-out: mobile pump-out, regular schedule, $55–$175. The range is wide; boat size and the job change the price. These are prices businesses publish on their own sites, not DockDash prices.
Published pump-out rates in San Francisco Bay Area
These are prices that businesses publish on their own websites and rate sheets. We read 2 pages from 2 Bay Area businesses. They are not DockDash prices, and your quote may differ.
| Region | Job and unit | Published range | Median | Prices | Businesses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Bay Area | Mobile pump-out, regular schedule per visit | $55–$175 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Mobile pump-out, one visit per visit | $35 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Mobile pump-out, one visit flat price per job or item | $75 | — | 1 | 1 |
Other regions: Southern California, Delta & Rivers, or all of California.
How pump-out is priced
Holding tanks are emptied at a dock pump-out station or by a mobile pump-out boat that comes to your slip. Station fees are usually low; mobile services charge per visit or per month.
Per visit (sometimes with a gallon cap) for mobile service; a flat fee or free at many stations.
What drives the cost
- Tank size and how often you need service.
- Mobile service versus taking the boat to a station.
- Monthly plans versus one-time visits.
What’s usually included, and what’s extra
Usually included
- Pumping the holding tank, per the business's description.
Often extra
- Extra gallons over a cap.
- Rinse or treatment, on some price lists.
How to read a quote
- Ask whether there is a gallon cap per visit.
- Ask what a missed or extra visit costs.
- Get the price in writing, with what is included, before work starts.
To check a price for your boat, try the service cost estimator; to line up two or three quotes on the same basis, use the quote comparison tool. What the job involves: Pump-out explained.
Every published price we found
BayGreen Marine Sanitation El Cerrito · San Francisco Bay
- $55–$175 per visit — Regular service rotation by total tank size: up to 40 gal $55 ... 166-190 gal $175; 190+ email Includes: Mobile pump-out.
- $75 flat price — Non-client flagdown, up to 40 gallons Includes: Mobile pump-out.
Services | BayGreen Marine Sanitation and Mobile Pump-Out | Helping to Keep San Francisco Bay Clean since 2006, undated, read 2026-11-11
Boat To Boat Marine Services Tiburon · San Francisco Bay
- $35 per visit — One-time pump-out 'starting at'; varies with location, tank size, offloads, demand Includes: One-time mobile pump-out.
Boat To Boat Marine Services, undated, read 2026-11-11
Methodology and limitations
- Sources: only the business’s own website or rate sheet. No reviews, directories, forums or quotes we requested. We did not contact any business.
- Sample: 3 published prices from 2 businesses on 2 pages. This is the set we could find, not a survey or a random sample, and many businesses don’t publish prices at all.
- Dates: we read every page on 2026-11-11. 0 of the pages carry a date or fiscal year, 0 show only a copyright year, and 2 have no date. Each price below shows what its page said.
- How we summarize: prices are grouped by unit (per foot, per hour, flat, per visit, per gallon) and by kind of job, and never mixed. The range runs from the lowest published price to the highest. The median gives each business one vote (the middle of its own range), so a yard with many size tiers doesn’t outweigh a diver with one price. Where a business wrote “starting at”, we used that figure, so real bills are often higher.
- Region pages exist only where at least 3 published prices from 2 or more businesses are available.
- Your quote may differ. Condition, access, season, and what’s included all change the price. Use these figures to ask better questions, not as a price promise.
Sources
- BayGreen Marine Sanitation. Services | BayGreen Marine Sanitation and Mobile Pump-Out | Helping to Keep San Francisco Bay Clean since 2006.
- Boat To Boat Marine Services. Boat To Boat Marine Services.