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Coastal Drone Surveys in Portsmouth - UAS London
Maritime Hub/South Coast Region
UK Coastal & Port Drone Services

Coastal Drone Surveys in Portsmouth

Professional, sea-safe coastal drone surveys in Portsmouth supporting shipping, yachts, and coastal structures.

We fly coastal drone surveys in the harbours, approaches and offshore waters around Portsmouth. Typical briefs cover fleet photography, vessel tracking, harbour survey and offshore inspection. Where a brief covers several berths or structures, we plan them into a single mobilisation.

We plan Portsmouth flights against live port traffic rather than a static harbour chart. RTK-equipped platforms deliver centimetre-accurate mapping of quays, defences and foreshore. Battery and crew rotations are planned so coverage does not break mid-sequence.

Notifications to the coastguard are made where the Portsmouth operation warrants it. We carry £10M public liability insurance written to cover marine and over-water operations. Nothing launches until the paperwork, the passage plan and the brief agree with each other.

We retain the raw Portsmouth capture in case you need to revisit it. Contact the operations desk to check dates in Portsmouth and receive a written quote. If the forecast will not serve your deadline, we will tell you rather than string it out.

Turnkey Logistics

At-Sea & Coastal Vessel Support

For offshore and coastal drone operations around Portsmouth, we partner with Cinecraft to provide direct access to MCA-coded support vessels.

This turnkey package includes drone equipment, fully certified marine pilots, support vessels, and skippers, ensuring an integrated and safe operation without having to manage separate suppliers.

Marine Specifications in Portsmouth

MCA-coded support vessel launch capability
Tide and sea-state scheduling
Water-resistant flight platform options
Pedestrian and marine safety bubble planning
RTK GPS sub-centimetre precision mapping
RAW cinema-grade media output

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Offshore operations at Portsmouth require specialist permissions, risk assessments, and marine channel monitoring.

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Marine Standards

  • VHF Marine Radio Equipped
  • £10M Maritime Insurance
  • MCA-Coded Support Vessels
  • Offshore Trained Pilots
  • Harbour Master liaison
  • Sea-state planning fail-safes

Reference Links

RegulatoryCAA approved operator
Insurance£10M public liability
Experience1,000+ flight hours in London airspace
AirspaceNATS permissions for central London operations
RegisteredUAS London Limited · 16148461

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you deliver survey-grade data as well as imagery?

Yes. RTK-equipped platforms produce georeferenced orthomosaics and 3D models of quays, defences and structures to centimetre accuracy, delivered in the formats your engineering team already uses.

Who owns the material from the Portsmouth job?

Licensing is agreed before mobilisation and written into the quote. Tell us whether it is for marketing, an operational record, an insurance file or a technical submission and we scope the licence to match.

Can you support offshore operations in the South Coast region?

Yes. We partner with Cinecraft for MCA-coded vessels that act as mobile launch and recovery platforms, which lets our pilots work several miles offshore tracking vessels or inspecting structures.