Satellite bathymetry, water-quality, and habitat reports that tell you whether a coastal site is worth a survey, supports a permit, or needs watching, for a fraction of a boat survey.
Coastal and Aquaculture Mapping: Know a Site Before You Survey, Permit, or Dredge
Before you commit survey money, a permit application, or a dredge to a coastal site, you need to know what you are dealing with: how deep it is, how clean the water is, and what is on the bottom. BottomBee gives you that picture from imagery already overhead, for a fraction of the cost of putting a boat on the water. It is the fast, affordable first look that tells you whether a site is worth a full survey, supports a permit submission, or needs ongoing watching, so you spend survey money only where it is actually needed, instead of paying to survey a whole site to find the one spot that mattered. What you pay for is not the imagery. It is the work that turns raw imagery into a decision: every layer is calibrated against independent depth reference points, processed through our own pipeline, and quality-controlled by an analyst before it reaches you. That is the difference between a pile of satellite tiles and a report you can hand to a regulator or a lender. It is the same engine that first scouted our own oyster lease near St. Augustine, and the archives it draws on cover coastlines across the US, Canada, and Europe, so we run it the same way whether your site is in Florida, British Columbia, or the Adriatic.
Shoreline and water-quality layers covering turbidity, chlorophyll, and CDOM,
Habitat and bottom-type classification,
Pre-dredge reconnaissance with shoal and obstruction overlays,
Full environmental compliance packages with a methods appendix
BottomBee is built for the people responsible for a stretch of coast or a body of water:
Oyster farmers and shellfish leaseholders
Marina operators and waterfront property owners
Coastal Community Development Districts
Environmental consultants preparing permit submissions
You send us the coordinates of your site and the dates or season you're interested in.
Our analyst acquires the satellite imagery, processes each layer, and runs quality control.
You receive a finished PDF report or georeferenced GeoTIFF files within the turnaround time for your tier.
BottomBee_CM-05_Ostra_Farms_May_2026.pdfOne recent satellite pass turned into a single shoreline-and-water-clarity look for one site, with one analyst paragraph on what stands out.
4-5 business days
$450
Single area up to 25 sq km. Turbidity, shoreline, chlorophyll, and CDOM layers. Single-period PDF with one analyst summary page.
5 business days
$750
Single area up to 50 sq km. Shoreline and water quality and habitat layers. Full multi-page PDF with site map and recommendations.
7 business days
$1,950
Shoreline plus shoal overlay, contours, and obstruction mapping. One-page executive summary for packages.
10 business days
$2,750
Bathymetry, water quality, habitat, and contour layers, plus a baseline narrative and methods appendix for environmental.
14 business days
$3,850
Two-period coastal change detection across two date ranges. Side-by-side comparison with an analyst change narrative.
14 business days
$3,250
Working at a coastal site? Send us the location and we will tell you straight which BottomBee tier fits and what it costs.
