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Side Imaging® Sonar, with its amazingly clear, picture-like images of fish, the bottom and structure, is available exclusively in select Humminbird 1100 Series, 900 Series, 800 Series and 700 Series fishfinders. It’s the ultimate structure-finding tool, and with its massive coverage (480 feet from side to side!) you can scan in mere minutes what used to take hours.

Understanding the Beam

Humminbird® Side Imaging® Sonar uses a razor thin beam to take a "sonar snapshot" of the area up to 240 ft. to the left and right of your location. The return image for this slice is then added to the images taken immediately before and after to build an incredibly detailed view of the lake bottom.

Features

Mark the GPS location of promising structure directly on the screen

High frequency sonar (not a camera) cuts through murk with crystal clarity

Up to 480 feet of coverage from side to side, scans huge areas fast

Units with Side Imaging® also includes traditional down-looking "2D" sonar

We've pointed our Side Imaging technology in a new direction: straight down. Now you can see the detail of what is happening below your boat. Timber, brush, bridge pilings, rocks and any other structure will pop with stunning detail as you patrol the water. Take a peek; you'll like what you see.

Features

Down Imaging™ "snapshots" are created with high-frequency sound waves emitted in razor thin slices.

Sonar returns from these waves create an instant "snapshot" below the boat.

Narrow Mode analyzes the returns to verify the position of the echoes to ensure Down Imaging™ only shows you structure and activity beneath you, and not off to one side or another.

DOWN IMAGING / 2D SONAR - This view provides complete understanding of what, exactly, is going on below your boat. Quickly identify structure with Down Imaging™, while using 2D to locate and target fish. Together, they take the guesswork out of sonar fishfinding.

DOWN IMAGING™ / SIDE IMAGING™ SONAR - Get a complete 180° view. Down Imaging™ provides picture-like views directly below the boat, while Side Imaging^® shows structure out to 240 feet on either side of your boat. It's two detailed images unlike anything you've ever seen.

DOWN IMAGING™ / SIDE IMAGING™ SONAR / 2D SONAR - Don't miss a thing with these three Humminbird technologies working together. Use traditional 2D and Down Imaging™ together for a straight down view, while Side Imaging™ reaches out to both sides.

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When you hit the water, you don't limit yourself to one bait. So why limit your sonar? Exclusive Humminbird® SwitchFire™ Sonar gives you the power to choose how returns are displayed. With two unique modes, you have complete control to adjust with the fishing conditions, making our down-looking sonar an even more valuable fishfinding tool. With SwitchFire™ Sonar you'll never fish the same way again. Just another way Humminbird® is simply, clearly, better.

Features

MAX MODE: Incredible detail. Watch as the sonar returns explode from the screen in amazing detail. You’ll see the tiniest subsurface object—even thermoclines and water currents - for complete underwater coverage.

CLEAR MODE: Easy viewing in rough water. Time Variable Gain (TVG) software sifts through sonar returns to display only fish and structure. Great for fishing in shallow and rough water, or reducing undesired clutter in the water column. See a short video on this topic.

THREE COLOR PALETTES: New color palettes provide even more flexibility on the water to deal with overcast or full-sun conditions.

Features:

Precision, 20˚ beam for high accuracy returns of fish, structure, and bottom profile

Wider, 60˚ beam provides greater coverage for fish and bait fish

View beams separately, side by side, or blended together for the most complete picture

Coverage of an area equal to your depth

Dual Beam Sonar units use a 200/83 kHz dual beam sonar system with a wide (60º۫) area of coverage. Dual Beam Sonar is optimized to show the greatest bottom definition using a narrow (20۫º) yet can still indicate fish found in the wide (60º۫۫) beam when the Fish ID+™ feature is turned on. Dual Beam is ideal for a wide range of conditions – from shallow to very deep water in both fresh and salt water. Boat speed, wave action, bottom hardness, water conditions and transducer installation can all affect depth capability.