SL20 Water Sampling & Monitoring Boat
OceanAlpha

OceanAlpha SL20 Autonomous Survey Boat is specially designed to be compact and portable unmanned surface vessel for hydrographic and bathymetry surveying work. With an extremely low draft of 15cm, the SL20 USV allows you to survey freely on offshore coasts, shoals and reefs where traditional manned vessel unable to enter.
Autonomous Survey Boat
A compact and portable unmanned surface vessel for for hydrographic and bathymetry surveying.
Auto-pilot And Realtime Data Telemetry
The SL20 USV supports both remote control mode and auto-pilot mode, performs great line tracking capability.
The base station can be easily set up on field, data can be transmitted in real time.
Compact and Long Endurance
The SL20 USV is 1 meter long and weights 17 kg, it’s easy for one man to operate and transport.
Powerful battery and low power consumption supports 6 hours of endurance at 3 knots.
Adaptable to extremely shallow water
With an extremely low draft of 15cm, the SL20 USV allows you to survey freely on offshore coasts, shoals and reefs
where traditional manned vessel unable to enter..
High Speed and Well Protected Propeller
Waterjet propulsion system drives the maximum speed to 5m/s
Safety protection avoids the propellers being intertwined with water plants or water debris.
Hull Material | Carbon Fiber |
Dimension | (L)105 cm *(W)55 cm *(H)35 cm |
Weight (excl. ADCP) | 17 kg |
Payload | 8 kg |
Draft | 15 cm |
Propulsion | water-jet propulsion |
Moon Pool | 177 mm |
Communication Range | Autopilot: 2 km Remote Control: 1 km |
Remote Control Frequency | 900 MHz/ 2.4GHz |
Data Telemetry Frequency | 2.4 GHz/ 5.8 GHz |
Survey Speed | 2-5 knots (1-2.5m/s) |
Max. Speed | 10 knots (5m/s) |
Battery Life | 6 hours (1.5m/s) |
Battery Pack | 1 x 33V 40Ah Quick Battery Replacement |
Instrument | SOUTH 18S SBES |
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Options | ADCP data telemetry |