New Hampshire-based Teledyne Raymarine has introduced the CAM400, a compact marine IP camera that turns compatible Raymarine Axiom chartplotters into an onboard video monitoring system. The full-HD camera delivers day and night video, giving captains a view of areas they can’t easily see from the wheel.
For Northeast anglers, the applications are easy to picture. Captains running offshore for tuna can watch the cockpit and aft deck without turning around, anglers working the rips before dawn can keep tabs on crew in the stern while holding position. Raymarine lists the cockpit, aft deck, swim platform, side decks, blind spots, and utility spaces among the intended mounting locations. The camera also provides a rear-facing view for backing down, whether that means docking in a tight marina slip or chasing a fish off the transom.
The CAM400 uses a wide-angle lens in a compact housing and is designed for use underway, while docking, or at anchor. Raymarine says it is built for recreational boats as well as commercial and responder vessels.
Paired with Raymarine’s AR200 sensor, the CAM400 also supports ClearCruise Augmented Reality, which overlays navigation data such as AIS targets and waypoints on the live camera feed. That added context could be useful in busy, low-visibility waters like Long Island Sound, Buzzards Bay, or the approaches to New York Harbor, where fog and commercial traffic are common. The camera and sensor are available together in bundled packages.
The CAM400 starts at a suggested retail price of $699.99. The CAM400 and AR200 augmented reality bundle starts at $1,449.99. For more information, visit raymarine.com.