Fishing & Sports Cameras
How to choose a fishing or sports camera
Above water or below it
The sports cameras here are a pair of sunglasses or a cap with a camera built in, recording what you are looking at while your hands stay on the rod, the bars or the tools. An underwater fishing camera is a different tool: it goes down on a cable with its own lights and feeds a live picture to a screen in the boat, or is cast out on the line and syncs its footage to your phone, so you can see structure, bait and fish before you commit to a spot.
Depth, lighting and battery
For fishing cameras, cable length or the depth rating decides the water you can work and lighting decides how much you see once the light fades. For the glasses and the cap, check the water rating against what you actually do, because splash resistance on a deck and full submersion are very different ratings, and plan around the battery: the 4K sunglasses give about half an hour of continuous recording, and each listing gives the figure for its model.
Compare the types
 Castable fishing camera |  Drop camera with monitor |  Camera sunglasses |  Cap camera | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goes | Cast out on the line | Down on a cable beside the boat | On your face | On your head |
| Shows you | Footage synced to your phone | A live picture on a sun hooded screen | What you are looking at, hands free | An eye level view, hands free |
| Runs | Battery, check the listing | A full charter on one battery | About half an hour of 4K on the pair here | Check the listing |
| Suits | Surfcasting and kayaks | Reef and structure fishing | Riding, fishing, walking the block | Working outdoors in a cap anyway |
| See | Castable Fishing Camera | Underwater Fishing Camera with 7in monitor | Camera glasses | Cap Camera 1080p |
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Common questions
Are these action cameras?
Not the helmet and handlebar kind. The sports cameras here are sunglasses and a cap with a camera built in, for a hands free view of what you are doing, and the fishing cameras go under the water on a cable or a line.
How deep can the fishing cameras go?
Depends on cable length or the depth rating, which is listed on each product.
Do they work in murky water?
Built in lights help considerably, though very silty water limits any camera.
Is it legal to record with a camera I am wearing in New Zealand? NZ law
Yes, in the places you are allowed to be. You are part of any conversation you have on camera, so recording the sound of it is lawful under the Crimes Act 1961 (section 216B), and filming in public or in your own dealings with people is not restricted. The limits are the same as for any camera: no recording of anyone where they would expect privacy while undressed or in a bathroom, bedroom or changing room (sections 216G to 216J, up to three years), and no repeatedly recording a particular person in a way you know is likely to cause fear or distress, which the Crimes Act has treated as stalking since 26 May 2026 (sections 216O to 216Q, up to five years). If you wear it for work, the Privacy Act 2020 applies to the footage and people should know they are being recorded.