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Introducing SandMap’s Sandpiper Vessel

Our specially customised 5m Stabicraft survey vessel, Sandpiper, pictured in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, is setup specifically for inshore and river survey work, semi enclosed to work in all weather and has permanently mounted GNSS antennae and a Universal Sonar Mount (USM) for precise positioning of sonar equipment.

Fitted out with dual monitors and a PC running Qinsy software, this is a very capable vessel ideally suited to shallow water survey work. This vessel has been designed to take our EdgeTech 6205s2 unit however can also easily swap out for other systems as necessary. With a draft of 0.3m, the vessel can float in shallow water and can survey in water as shallow as 0.9m.

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Hinchinbrook Channel July 2023

In June and July 2023 the SandMap team surveyed approximately 50km of the Hinchinbrook Channel, which runs between the North Queensland mainland and Hinchinbrook Island. The surveyed area is within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and based on the photos that the team took, is extremely picturesque.

The team overcame trade winds, heavy rain, very large shallow zones of drying sand and mud banks, and not least of all crocodiles (especially at launch and retrieval), to deliver the survey for Water Technology Pty Ltd and their client.

The survey was carried out using SandMap’s EdgeTech 6205s2 unit (pictured alongside side scan and bathymetry) to MSQ Standards for Hydrographic Surveys within Queensland Waters Class D.