With over 45 years of experience and a large fleet of vessels ranging in size from a 12-foot tracked amphibious vehicle to a 32-foot research vessel, Aqua Survey, Inc. is capable of handling the smallest to the largest of jobs.
With over 45 years of experience and a large fleet of vessels ranging in size from a 12-foot tracked amphibious vehicle to a 32-foot research vessel, Aqua Survey, Inc. is capable of handling the smallest to the largest of jobs.
Aqua Survey offers many methods to collect and preserve sediment cores and samples. Our specialized vessels offer room to process sediment on deck.
We put the “Survey” in Aqua Survey for a reason. From sonar bottom mapping to state-of-the-art metal detection technology, consider your site mapped.
Our lab has a long history and performs various sediment and water analyses such as toxicity, grain size, and bioaccumulation studies to support your ecotoxicology projects.
Aqua Survey owns and operates a fleet of over 20 research / survey vessels customized to support markout, environmental and geotechnical field services.
Aqua Survey performs services on remedial sites in partially and fully submerged zones.
Map, locate and retrieve cultural artifacts lost to time and tide with our custom-modified metal detection equipment.
Aqua Survey offers assistance to law enforcement with sonar and metal detection when time is of the essence.
Aqua Survey, Inc. has proven and refined methods to get your job done right. We’re also innovators that don’t shy away from a challenge. Contact us today for a free consultation on your project.
A lost fortune in silver may still lie buried beneath New York Harbor. Discover how vibracoring technology helps estimate burial depth, refine detection strategies, and guide modern treasure recovery efforts in the historic Arthur Kill Waterway.
In 2001, Aqua Survey, Inc. embarked on its first true archaeological mission beneath the waters of Egypt—extracting sediment cores from the lost city of Heraklion and the ruins of Cleopatra’s submerged palace. What seemed like routine vibracoring quickly became something far more significant: each layer of sediment held clues to a centuries-old mystery. Guided by strict preservation rules and a sense of purpose, the team wasn’t just collecting samples—they were uncovering the story of how an ancient city vanished beneath the sea, one razor-thin slice at a time.
By Ken Hayes Fifteen years before our arrival, villagers working along the Mekong River floodplain in Bokeo Province, Laos, began uncovering unusual artifacts—several 6-12-inch bronze Buddha statues, lead religious medallions and other bronze artifacts that clearly did not belong to contemporary village life. Their discoveries pointed to something larger: the likely presence of a major Buddhist temple buried somewhere beneath the sandy soil. But how could a temple simply vanish? The answer lay beneath our feet. The site sits on