Wharves & jetties
Deck condition, fender systems, mooring fixtures, undersides & piling above splash zone.
Ports · Jetties · Seawalls · Coastal Assets
Coastal Infrastructure Drone Inspections — for ports, councils and infrastructure owners.
Drone capture of coastal infrastructure: wharves, jetties, seawalls, breakwaters, retaining walls, stormwater assets and exposed structural elements. Repeatable documentation programmes for corrosion indicators, scour, erosion and asset-condition tracking — based in Geelong, deployed across Victorian coastlines.
Coastal infrastructure degrades on a schedule. Drones make that schedule visible.
Marine and coastal assets fail in patterns: chloride-driven corrosion of structural steel, spalling of concrete, scour around piling, joint failure in revetment, salt-spray damage to timber and accelerated erosion of unprotected shorelines. Patterns are only visible if you look — and traditional inspection methods don't look often enough.
Drone inspection makes repeat capture more practical. Where a rope-access inspection might be commissioned every few years, a drone-based visual capture can often be run more frequently — and produces comparable, geo-located imagery that supports an asset-management programme.
Miles Away Aerial is based on the Bellarine — directly adjacent to the Victorian coastline. Local mobilisation means coastal scope-fit work can be captured the week it is requested, not a fortnight later.
Asset coverage
Coastal assets we inspect.
Seawalls & revetments
Rock armour condition, geotextile failure, wall geometry, scour visualisation.
Breakwaters
Crest condition, slope geometry, armour-unit displacement, repeat-capture comparison.
Retaining walls
Coastal retaining walls, capping condition, joint movement, drainage outlets.
Stormwater & outfalls
Outfall condition, headwall, scour pool, sediment build-up.
Boat ramps & pontoons
Ramp condition, surface, abutments, pontoon condition.
Coastal foreshore
Erosion mapping, dune system change, vegetation coverage, public-access infrastructure.
Navigation aids
Lighthouse and navigation infrastructure, external condition, marker pile condition.
Repeatable programmes
Why repeat capture matters.
Capture once, compare later
The first capture is the baseline. Subsequent captures can be planned to make change detection easier and more consistent.
Measure where the data supports it
Where control and geometry allow, mapped outputs can support measurements such as shoreline change, erosion extent or visible movement at defined locations.
Storm event documentation
Pre/post storm capture documents asset response, supports insurance claims and feeds maintenance prioritisation.
Audit-ready records
Coastal asset registers, ministerial reporting, dilapidation records — all backed by photographic evidence with metadata.
Deliverables
Coastal inspection outputs.
- Annotated coastal asset photo register
- High-resolution oblique & orthogonal imagery
- Coastal-line orthomosaic (geo-referenced)
- Change-detection comparison vs. baseline
- Erosion volume calculation (where applicable)
- Priority notes for client / engineer review
- Storm event pre/post documentation
- Repeatable annual flight plan
- 3D model of complex assets (where commissioned)
- Secure cloud delivery
Related
Related services.
Scope a programme
Annual coastal inspections, done locally.
Send the asset list, the inspection frequency you need, and your reporting format. We'll quote a programme scoped to your asset team.