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To collect data with a high point density, a lightweight dual-wavelength LiDAR system mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) was developed. This study presents and evaluates the system using the field data acquired from a flight test in Dazhou Island, China. In the precision and accuracy assessment, the local fitted planes extracted from the water surface points and the multibeam echosounder data are used as a reference for water surface and bottom measurements, respectively. For the bathymetric performance comparison, the study area is also measured with an ALB system installed on the manned aerial platform. The object detection capability of the system is examined with placed small cubes. Results show that the fitting precision of the water surface is 0.1227 m, and the absolute accuracy of the water bottom is 0.1268 m, both of which reach a decimeter level. 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