Kayak Phone Mount: A Deck Holder for Your Phone and Your Drink

A kayak phone mount like ours sits on a flat deck and holds a bottle in a wide cup sleeve and your phone in the upright slot next to it. It ties down at four tether points. Check that your kayak has a flat spot on the deck and somewhere to tie four cords, then set it up before you launch.

We sell a kayak phone mount, so read this as a shop’s notes on its own listing plus what kayakers ask online.

Three ways kayakers mount a phone

One kayak angler on Reddit asked others who connect a depth finder to their phone: “Do you have a permanent mount on your kayak, do you use some sort of vice grip device, or something else?”

Another angler looked for a phone holder that fits a kayak track. They wrote that they could find “probably 20 different rods holders that attach to tracks,” but for a phone holder they got “like 1 option.”

Our holder is a third choice. It ties down to the deck with cords.

What our listing says

Our listing for the Blue Kayak Deck Cup and Phone Holder describes a “molded holder” that “combines a wide bottle cup sleeve and a separate phone slot.” It shows “four tether cords with round deck anchor pads” and lists a “blue molded body designed for deck mounting.”

It notes that the bottle, phone and kayak surface shown are demonstration props and are not included.

People search for this as “kayak phone mount”, “phone mount for kayak”, “kayak phone holder” or “phone holder for kayak”. Because this one also holds a bottle, it works as a kayak cup holder too.

Check your deck

Our listing says the holder “requires a compatible deck surface and suitable anchor points.”

1. A flat spot. Find a flat area of deck within reach of where you sit.
2. Four places to tie. Look for anchor points around that spot where the four tether cords can be secured.
3. Your paddle stroke. Make sure the spot is clear of where your hands and paddle pass.

Set it up in order

Our listing says to “position the blue cup-and-phone holder on a compatible flat deck and secure its four tether points,” then “place a bottle in the wide cup sleeve and a phone in the adjacent upright slot.”

1. Stay on shore. Do the setup before you launch.
2. Position the holder. Set it on the flat deck spot you checked.
3. Secure the tethers. Secure all four tether points.
4. Add the bottle. Place a bottle in the wide cup sleeve.
5. Add the phone. Place the phone in the upright slot next to it.

Mounting a phone on a boat with a rail instead? Our boat phone holder guide covers a clamp for a round rail.

Quick answers

How does this kayak phone mount attach?

With cords. Our listing shows four tether cords with round deck anchor pads and says to secure its four tether points on a compatible flat deck.

Are the bottle and phone in the photos included?

No. Our listing says the bottle, phone and kayak surface shown are demonstration props and are not included.

Where to go next

Browse the kayak phone holders, or go straight to the Blue Kayak Deck Cup and Phone Holder.