WASSP Limited

WASSP Limited develops marine electronic systems centred on multibeam sonar and echo sounder technology. The company helps users see and measure what lies beneath a vessel with high-resolution, real-time data, covering seabed profiling, water column visualization, and 3D mapping. Its systems profile the seabed much faster than conventional single-beam echo sounders, while improving accuracy and reducing cost. The technology can identify features such as reefs, fish, wrecks, backscatter, foreign objects, seafloor artefacts, seafloor hardness changes, and underwater debris or structures. The business serves a range of marine markets: fishing, expedition and superyacht, survey and mapping, defence, and energy and construction support, along with industry professionals and private vessel operators more generally. In fishing, the systems suit inshore, midwater, offshore, and professional fishing, supporting decisions based on real-time data and recorded runs. For survey and mapping, the technology builds comprehensive high-resolution 3D maps of the seafloor and water column. For defence, it handles seafloor structure and object identification and remote operations. Its ocean solutions extend the range further into broader marine data collection and exploration, taking the same multibeam and echo sounder technology into work beyond its main market segments. A distinctive element of the offering is that its multibeam sounders provide a wide-angle 120 degree port-to-starboard view and can profile an area more than 100 times faster than a single-beam system. The systems are versatile and cost effective, with depth ranges from 1m to 1000m depending on model, and with a Digital DRX transceiver that is future-proofed. Integration with external software matters as well, including navigational and hydrographic suites such as MaxSea TimeZero Pro, OLEX, HYPACK, BeamworX, EIVA, Echoview, and QINSy, so the sonar data can feed straight into the packages a crew already uses. WASSP maintains R&D facilities in Auckland, New Zealand, where a team is dedicated to ongoing innovation and improvement of its products.