Activities

This wing conducts about 20 routine surveys at various places for the Harbour Engineering Department and the Port Department every year. In addition to the above, this wing collects the tide data at various places throughout the Kerala coast as requested by the National Institute of Oceanography, Cochin, on payment basis.
The wing have 6 sea going survey boats including a modernized survey launch,5 numbers of OBM fitted Dinghies and other infrastructure facilities.

The Hydrographic Survey Wing possesses the following most modern survey equipments

    Single & Dual frequency Echo Sounders
    Differential Global Positioning Systems
    Total Stations and Automatic levels
    Hydrographic Software
    Automatic Tide gauges.
    Cartographic Software etc.
    Heave Compensator
   Sub Bottom Profiler
    Side Scan Sonar

The wing have 4 sea going survey boats, 3 numbers of OBM fitted Dinghies and other infrastructure facilities. This Wing is capable of taking up all Hydrographic Investigations on all water masses such as Sea, Ports and Harbours, estuaries, lagoons, inland water transport canals, reservoirs, lakes etc. The results of the investigations are presented in the form of digital chart.

Hydrographic Survey conducted by Hydrographic Survey Wing from 2017 to 2018.

Vadakara (January 2017)

New Mahe (January 2017)

Thankassery ( January 2017)

Kaipamangalam (January 2017)

Muhamma-Kumarakom Boat Route (February 2017)

Chilakkoor (February 2017)

Thottappalli (February 2017)

Trikkunnappuzha (February 2017)

Ponnani (February 2017)

Puthuponnani (February 2017)

Maruthadi Fish Landing Centre (Fabruary 2017)

Kayamkulam (February 2017)

Dharmadam (March 2017)

Koyilandi (March 2017)

Chettuva (March 2017)

chellanam (April 2017)

Valiyathura (March 2017)

Veli (March 2017)

Poonthura (March 2017)

Pozhiyoor (April 2017)

South Paravoor (May 2017)

Arthunkal Ayiramthai (January 2018)

Muthalapozhi (January 2018)

Munambam (January 2018)

Ponnani (February 2018)

Valiyathura (February 2018)

Vizhinjam (March 2018)

Puthiyappa (March 2018)

Kaipamangalam (March 2018)

Vellayil (March 2018)

Pozhiyoor (March 2018)

Chellanam (April 2018)

Chilakkoor (April 2018)

Thankassery ( April 2018)

Thottappalli (May 2018)

Thrikkunnappuzha (May 2018)

Hydrographic Survey conducted by Hydrographic Survey Wing from April 2007 to October 2009.
    Hydrographic survey of Azhikkal Approaches. - May 2007
    Pre-dredging Survey of Tuticorin Fishing Harbour - June 2007
    Hydrographic Survey of Thankassery approaches - October 2007
    Hydrographic Survey of Aakulam& Veli lake - October 2007
    Hydrographic Survey of Neendakara approaches - November 2007
    Hydrographic Survey of Chethy - November 2007
    Hydrographic Survey of Parappanangady - November 2007
    Hydrographic Survey of Vizhinjam Harbour - December 2007
    Hydrographic survey of Thanur - December 2007
    Hydrographic survey of Azhikkal inside - January 2008
    Hydrographic Survey of Cheruvathur - February 2008
    Hydrographic Survey of Moplah Bay - February 2008
    Hydrographic Survey of Puthiyappa. - March 2008
    Hydrographic Survey of Vellayil - March 2008
    Hydrographic Survey of Koyilandy - April 2008
    Ashtamudi - May – July 2008
    Malpe - August 2008
    Vizhinjam Approaches - September 2008
    32 Azhikode Approaches - November 2008
    Parappanangadi - November 2008
    Valiyathura - December 2008
    Azhikkal Approaches - December 2008
    Azhikkal Inner - December 2008
    Chedruvathur - December 2008
    Vellayil - January 2009
    Beypore - February 2009
    Thali - March 2009
    Thalassery - March 2009
    Koyilandy - April 209
    Muthalapozhi - April 2009
    Thankassery - April 2009
    Niphat Cochin - April 2009
    Moplah bay - May 2009
    Moplah bay - May 2009
    KSINC Cochin - May 2009
    Malampuzha Dam - July 2009
    Kottayam Minor Port - Sep-Oct. 2009
    Vizhinjam Approaches - October 2009
    Vizhinjam Inside - October 2009
    Poovar - October 2009
    41. Hydrographic Survey of Vizhinjam –October 2010
    42. Hydrographic Survey of Muthalapozhi- May 2010
    43. Hydrographic Survey of Kayamkulam -November2010
    44. Hydrographic Survey of Chettuva- January 2010
    45. Hydrographic Survey of Neendakara- April 2010
    46. Hydrographic Survey of Neendakara- December2010
    47. Hydrographic Survey of Thangasssey- October 2010
    48. Hydrographic Survey of Azhikkal- November 2010
    49. Hydrographic Survey of Mappila Bay – December 2010
    50. Hydrographic Survey of Valapattanam-May 2010
    51. Hydrographic Survey of Cheruvathur-December 2010
    52. Hydrographic Survey of South Pravur-February 2010
    53. Hydrographic Survey of Poonthura- November 2010
    54. Hydrographic Survey of Muthalapozhi -January 2011
    55. Hydrographic Survey of Munambam- September 2011
    56. Hydrographic Survey of Kayamkulam -December 2011
    57. Hydrographic Survey of Chettuva February 2011
    58. Hydrographic Survey of Thangassery –October 2011
    59. Hydrographic Survey of Munambam -February 2011
    60. Hydrographic Survey of Ponnani- October 2011
    61. Hydrographic Survey of Thrikkunnapuzha- December 2011
    62. Hydrographic Survey of Poonthura-November 2011
    63. Hydrographic Survey of Parappanangadi- October 2011
    64. Hydrographic Survey of Vellayil- May 2011
    65. Hydrographic Survey of Kasargode-November 2011
    66. Hydrographic Survey of Kasargode-February 2011
    67. Hydrographic Survey of Cheruvathur-January 2011
    68. Hydrographic Survey of Ajanur-November2011
    69. Hydrographic Survey of Thalai- February 2011
    70. Hydrographic Survey of Puthiyappa- June 2012
    71. Hydrographic Survey of South Paravur- February 2012
    72. Hydrographic Survey of Chettuva February 2012
    73. Hydrographic Survey of Munambam -November2012
    74. Hydrographic Survey of Neendakara-April 2012
    75. Hydrographic Survey of Chellanam- February 2012
    76. Hydrographic Survey of Beypore-September2012
    77. Hydrographic Survey of Azhikkal-January 2012
    78. Hydrographic Survey of Chombal -November 2012
    79. Hydrographic Survey of Valapattanam-January 2012
    80. Hydrographic Survey of Mappila Bay – October 2012
    81. Hydrographic Survey of Mappila Bay –January 2012
    82. Hydrographic Survey of Cheruvathur-December 2012
    83. Hydrographic Survey of Kasargode-February 2012
    84. Hydrographic Survey of Vizhinjam -October2012
    85. Hydrographic Survey of Vizhinjam -December 2012
    86. Hydrographic Survey of Chettuva –February 2013
    87. Hydrographic Survey of Neendakara January 2013
    88. Hydrographic Survey of Thangassery -February2013
    89. Hydrographic Survey of Chellanam- November2013
    90. Hydrographic Survey of Poonthura-February 2013
    91. Hydrographic Survey of Valiyathura- March 2013
    92. Hydrographic Survey of Poonthura –October 2013
    93. Hydrographic Survey of Chethy- March 2013
    94. Hydrographic Survey of Beypore- September2013
    95. Hydrographic Survey of Mahe-October 2013
    96. Hydrographic Survey of Thottapally-February2013
    97. Hydrographic Survey of Vellayil January 2013
    98. Hydrographic Survey of Vellayil October 2014
    99. Hydrographic Survey of Kayamkulam -October2014
    100. Hydrographic Survey of Thangasser- November 2014
    101. Hydrographic Survey of Munambam -January 2014
    102. Hydrographic Survey of Munambam –September 2014
    103. Hydrographic Survey of Valiyathura – February 2014
    104. Hydrographic Survey of Chellanam November 2014
    105. Hydrographic Survey of Chilakoor- November 2014
    106. Hydrographic Survey of Beypore- August 2014
    107. Hydrographic Survey of Puthiyappa- October 2014
    108. Hydrographic Survey of Chombal -December 2014
    109. Hydrographic Survey of Azhikkal- September 2014
    110. Hydrographic Survey of Valapattanam-September 2014
    111. Hydrographic Survey of Thanur- February 2015
    112. Hydrographic Survey of Kasargode- May 2015
    113. Hydrographic Survey of Chettuva –February 2015
    114. Hydrographic Survey of Ponnani- January 2015
    115. Hydrographic Survey of Koyilandy-January2015
    116. Hydrographic Survey of Puthiyangady-March2015

Past Activities

This Wing is executing Hydrographic Surveys of Fishery Harbours and fish landing centers through Kerala for its construction and maintenances. The Wing had carried out Hydrographic Surveys of Peechi Dam Reservoir including its upstream and tributaries for Kerala Engineering Research Institutre (KERI), Neyyar Dam Reservoir for Kerala Water Authority, Malampuzha Dam Reservoir for Kerala Water Resources Development and Management (KWRDM), Hydrographic survey work of Chamapakara Canal extending from Thevara ferry to Ambalamughal for (FACT) and hydrographic survey of Edappallikkotta water lake for Hindustan Petroleum Limited. The Hydrographic Survey of Inland Navigation Canal from Kotti to Kottappuram (35 km) and the Hydrographic investigations in the Tsunami affected area in the coastal region extending from Thangassery to Thottappally (50 Km) are the prestigious work conducted for Kerala irrigation department and CESS respectively. The wing had conducted a number of surveys in the National Waterway- III for Kerala State Maritime Development Corporation in the Cochin area in connection with dredging and maintenance. Pre dredging survey at Tutucorin Fishing Harbour for Tutucorin Port Trust and at Mahe for Pondicherry Government were also the prestigious works conducted by this Wing.

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