Lake Austin
Tighter shorelines, active water, and highly visible architecture call for precision. Every elevation matters, from the approach on land to the view from the lake.
Discuss a Lake Austin projectLake Austin · Lake Travis · Central Texas
Custom docks for Austin’s lakes.
Built to belong. Built to last.
Aquamarine designs and builds shoreline-specific docks and lakefront structures for Lake Austin and Lake Travis—family owned and rooted in Central Texas since 1982.
Custom docks · Multi-slip systems · Marinas
01 / The waters we know
Two lakes. Two design realities.
A dock should respond to its water, its shoreline, and the architecture around it. Aquamarine designs for those differences from the first conversation.
Lake Travis
Big-water exposure, changing lake levels, and room for larger structures make planning and durability inseparable.
See a Lake Travis specification
02 / The legacy
1982
Four decades of Central Texas lake knowledge.
Aquamarine Boat Docks was established in 1982 and remains family owned. Across four decades, the work has grown from practical shoreline structures to custom docks, multi-slip systems, and marinas shaped around how families use the water.
Michael Kuehl helped establish that record on Lake Travis, receiving the first LCRA permit for a marina on the lake. The Aquamarine archive holds the plans, specifications, maintenance agreements, and built projects behind that history.
Lake Travis firstThe first LCRA marina permit
Received by Michael Kuehl for a marina on Lake Travis.
Documented project
Read Michael’s story ↗A Lake Travis dock, drawn to the inch.
A 32′ × 47′ project pairs an upper deck and partially covered top roof with two boat slips and a PWC ramp—real specifications backed by built work.
- Overall
- 32′ × 47′
- Top roof
- 16′ × 20′
- Boat slips
- Two
- Built on
- Lake Travis
1982Established
First LCRA permitLake Travis marina
40+ yearsPlans and built work
Family ownedStill building forward
03 / Selected work
Built for the shoreline. Designed for the life around it.
Structure, access, shade, storage, boats, and gathering space have to work as one system. Every shoreline asks for a different answer.
Explore the full project gallery ↗
04 / Explore dock styles
Start with the structure. Make it your own.
Compare floating docks, pier-and-beam structures, and multi-slip marinas, then use the project archive to collect ideas for your own shoreline.
Changing water levels
Floating docks
A dock system that moves with the lake, shaped around slips, lifts, PWC access, and the way the shoreline is actually used.
Explore completed examples ↗Shoreline-built structure
Pier & beam docks
Fixed foundations, timber or steel framing, and architectural details that connect the dock to the property around it.
Explore completed examples ↗Multi-slip planning
Marinas
Permitting, circulation, lifts, utilities, and multiple watercraft brought together as one coordinated marine system.
Explore completed examples ↗05 / Dock Studio
Start with how you want to use the water.
Choose Lake Austin or Lake Travis, then shape a starting concept around the footprint, slips, deck level, roof coverage, materials, and PWC access. Aquamarine will use it as the first step toward a shoreline and engineering review.
Shoreline
Slip 1
Slip 2
Upper deck
PWC
Lake TravisTrex Saddle
Footprint32′ × 48′
Boat slips2
DeckUpper
Roofpartial · copper
Concept only. Final dimensions, permitting, structure, and pricing require a shoreline and engineering review.
Send my concept06 / What we build
From the first line to the final detail.
Custom docks + upper decks
Purpose-built layouts, sundecks, and gathering spaces shaped around the shoreline, the boats, and the way you use the water.
Multi-slip docks + marinas
Larger systems planned around access, circulation, water conditions, lifts, utilities, and long-term use.
Structural dock systems
Marine construction, structural planning, and material decisions brought together as one durable system.
Maintenance & repair
Ongoing dock care and targeted repairs that protect the structure already serving your shoreline.
07 / Begin a conversation
Tell us about your shoreline.
Lake Austin and Lake Travis are our focus, with select projects considered across Central Texas. Send the property location, existing water access, boats or PWC, and what you want the dock to make possible.