Your Yacht Survey Professionals

An Independent Survey Practice for a range of Marine Surveys & Valuations – based in Antibes, South of France

What We Do

Interface Marine are a team of certified marine surveyors and engineers with decades of expertise, offering comprehensive yacht surveying and consulting services for both small craft and superyachts since 2006.

At Interface Marine, we help owners, buyers, brokers, and marine professionals achieve successful outcomes for every project. As your trusted partner, our team delivers concise, in-depth analyses of a vessel’s condition, followed by clear and constructive recommendations.

Expert Marine Services for Small Craft to Superyachts

Whether sail or power, we offer a comprehensive range of marine survey services tailored to your specific needs. We pride ourselves on our competitive pricing—ask us about the type of survey you need, and we’ll provide a detailed quotation the same working day, often within the hour.

Pre-Purchase Inspections

Our most comprehensive assessment—essential for both smaller boats and large yachts. This critical inspection includes thorough reporting to help you make confident, informed decisions before finalising a potential purchase.

Hull Inspections

Thorough evaluations to ensure hull integrity and condition for safety and longevity on all materials, GRP, Steel, Aluminium or Wood. Meter Readings can be provided where required and assessments are made on the running gear, through hulls and topsides.

Insurance Condition Surveys

Comprehensive assessments to establish a vessel’s condition and value, a risk assessment crucial for insurance purposes. Valuations follow IVSC standards and consider market conditions, vessel condition, and comparable sales or listings.

Valuations

Detailed market value assessments for finance, legal, or pre-marketing purposes. Available as desktop reports or with on-site inspections, our valuations follow industry standards and account for depreciation, operational costs, and forced sale estimates.

MCA Coding and Tonnage

MCA coding for commercial vessels under 24m and tonnage measurements for all Red Ensign Group registries. If you’re eligible for Red Ensign flag registration, our office can handle the entire application process—including registering your radio and safety equipment with Ofcom.

Seller’s Condition Surveys

In-depth inspections to verify your vessel’s condition before marketing. Our findings are confidential and highlight potential issues that may arise during the sales process. The survey can range from a half-day walk-through to a full pre-purchase survey with sea trials.

Our Accreditations

Who We Work With

Horst Meissel

1 year ago

Thank you to the team at Interface Marine. From the first contact, their communication was friendly and efficient. They performed not one, but two comprehensive yacht surveys for me, including oil sample analysis, ensuring that no detail was overlooked. Their reporting was thorough and professional.
I appreciated their availability for follow-up advice, making sure I had all the information needed to make the right decisions before finalizing the buy.
I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Interface Marine Yacht Surveyors to anyone in need of reliable and knowledgeable yacht surveyors. A truly exceptional service!

Rolf Janßen

I had a survey with Phil for checking a used boat from a french dealer. I got an reply and a confirmation for the requested day the next day after my E-mail.
During the survey he found a lot of problems with helped me for further negotiations regarding the price and help me to make the correct decision. He had also a lot of tipps and hints what I can do and where to get it. I learned al lot from him as he has many many years of experiences.
I got a feedback directly after the survey and the report within 72h together with the oilsamples.
If you are more familiar with the english language than french, Phil is the right contact anyway.
He and Tracy in the office are very helpfull, friendly and answers all my questions more or less immedately.
Thank again für your support and your help.

Arne Holtz

2 years ago

We contacted Tracy and Phill with only minimal lead-time for a survey of a 40ft catamaran.
The response was quick and the whole process was very friendly, reliable and professional. Tracy organized everything and even reacted to short time changes in schedule.
They also helped with other stuff around the purchase of the boat and it was simply a great experience.
Thank you very much for all your help and extra work. We loved, working with you.

Bernd Meyer

3 years ago

Earlier this year I bought my dream boat in Frejus and exported it to Australia. I only had a week in France to inspect and purchase the boat so I needed a surveyor for a pre-purchase survey at very short notice. Interface were kind enough to accommodate me (even though it caused them some scheduling difficulties). They did a great job and very quickly prepared a thorough survey for a very reasonable fee. Communications likewise were great and the fact that they are native English speakers simplified everything. Since some work needed to be done to the boat before it could be exported and as I had to return to Australia before these works could be undertaken I also asked them to perform a second quick check on the boat on the day that it was to be picked up from the shipyard. The tricky aspect was that this had to happen in a very narrow time window and that Phil already had commitments. I was very glad that Phil was so kind to reshuffle his schedule to make this possible (more than once!). Exporting a boat from half around the world is a bit nerve-wracking and having Interface’s support allowed me not to worry all the time. I felt Phil and Tracy genuinely wanted to support me. Half a year later, my boat has finally arrived in Australia and I’m very happy with the outcome. Thanks, Phil and Tracy for helping to make this possible. I really appreciate it. If I ever need a surveyor on the Cote d'Azur again, I will certainly be in touch 🙂

Niall Reihill

Would highly recommend Interface Marine to deal with, the service is second to none, they provide a very in-depth and professional service. We dealt with them from Ireland and Tracy was extremely helpful and guided us through the whole process and went above and beyond to assist us. I know they cater for quite large vessels but we were very happy to hear that no vessel was too big or small to them. Great company to deal with it.

Brian Marples

I recently purchased a Conam 48 Chorum based in the south of France and employed the services of Interface Marine to carry out the pre-purchase survey. Couldn't have made a better choice. Tracy Duffy kept me up to date on the progress at all times and Phil Duffy was exceptional in his approach the the survey. The report was very extensive and clear to understand, which helped with negotiations around the purchase. The after sale service was second to none. After purchase I needed to have a few items serviced prior to a long journey for the boat, but was struggling, due to being stuck in the UK because of work. Tracy and Phill went above and beyond to help and arranged people to carry out the work with their numerous contacts. They were also available with advice when this new boy to boating needed his hand holding. All in all a highly recommended business. Thanks for the superlative service.

Alan Cooper

4 years ago

Tracy and the two Phil’s were extremely helpful, by firstly accommodating my timeline and then changing their schedule to accommodate the weather window, with a forecast of imminent rain and wind.
The survey document is well presented with the important issues being highlighted. It will be an important document for fixing and ongoing maintenance. I feel confident now that I had made the correct boat choice. The whole process took less than a week to conclude which gave me peace of mind in going forward with the purchase. Thanks, Tracy, Phil, and Phil. The team are all wonderful and fun to work with. I knew that I was in very capable hands with years of experience. Thank you, Interface Marine YACHT Surveyors.

Kerem Ayaz

What a great team!
Tracy has been extremely helpful during the whole process, from organizing the two surveys at two different locations, to remaining flexible and making the team available to fit our tight schedule.
Thanks to Phil’s attention to detail and thorough survey, we were able to find many small defects and potential problem areas, and were able to get them fixed pre-purchase.
Overall, we were very pleased with the thorough, well written and swiftly delivered survey report for our 15 year old 44ft yacht.
I will happily recommend your services to anyone looking to get their potential yacht a pre-purchase survey.
Many thanks, Tracy and Phil!