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Water Depth Calculator

Echo sounding · Speed of sound · Depth measurement · Signal timing · Sonar calibration

acoustic depth sounding

Sonar & environmental parameters

seconds
Time for sound to travel to bottom and back
°C
PSU
Practical salinity units (0-45)
atm
1 atm = surface, +1 atm per 10m depth
degrees
Transducer beam angle (narrow = more accurate)

Depth formulas

  • c = 1449.2 + 4.6T - 0.055T² + 1.4(S-35) + 0.017D sound speed (m/s)
  • d = (c × t) / 2 depth (m)
  • Area = π × (d × tan(θ/2))² footprint area
Water depth 1,840 m
Sound speed 1,534 m/s
Footprint radius 193 m
Sonar profile Surface Bottom Beam
Tx 1,840 m θ 0 5000 m
Beam angle: 12°
Depth details
One-way time 1.2 s
Temperature 15 °C
Salinity 35 PSU
Pressure 1.0 atm
Depth & sonar parameters calibrated
Water depth
1,840 m
Footprint area
117,000 m²
Signal travel
2.4 s
Travel time: 2.4 s Speed: 1,534 m/s Accuracy: ±1.5 m