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The salinity data were obtained via the Internet service from the closest measuring station that registers surface water parameters. The sound speed in water was determined based on the formulas widely adopted in hydroacoustics and compared with the results obtained from the measurements executed by means of a Conductivity\/Salinity Temperature Depth (CTD\/STD) probe. The impact of inaccuracy in determining the sound speed in respect to the SingleBeam EchoSounder (SBES) immersion depth, i.e., a method commonly used by unmanned surface vessels in seaport measurements, was estimated. The measurements were taken in water areas of the Baltic Sea of low salinity and then verified with measurements in the Mediterranean Sea representing quite high salinity. 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