About
The Copernicus Marine Service, part of the EU’s Copernicus Programme, provides free and reliable information about:
🔵 Blue Ocean
Physical data
Example: Ocean Currents
⚪ White Ocean
Sea ice
Example: Sea Ice change
🟢 Green Ocean
Biogeochemical
Example: Clorophyll activity
Funded by the European Commission and implemented by Mercator Ocean International, it supports EU policies, international commitments, and the Blue Economy.
Its high-quality data contributes to marine protection, pollution control, maritime safety, sustainable ocean use, climate monitoring, and more. The service also helps raise public awareness by offering open access to global and regional ocean data, empowering citizens, researchers, and industries with vital ocean knowledge.
Potential Stakeholders
Policy Makers
Support decisions making with a readily processed data and services. Access oceans of knowledge at your finger tip.
Check out the available policy tools from Water Framework to Blue industry.
Ship Crew
Prediction of ocean conditions for safer navigation from swells to plankton concentration for a better catch.
Check out how GreenFish startup uses AI and Copernicus Data.
Emergency Responders
Readily respond based on forecasts to prepare for natural threats and asses the likelihood of vulnerability in specific regions.
Check out how Hefring Marine startup uses the data to minimize ship damage.
Marine Scientists
Get access to vast amounts of pre-processed data ranging from Satellite, in-situ, and numerical model-based for your research and project.
Find the right marine dataset to support your research.
Environmental monitoring
Detect changes in sensitive environments including tracking plastics in the sea, harmful emissions or oil spills.
Check out the Ocean Monitoring Indicaors.
Tourism
Check sea water temperature, significant wave height and tidal times for your tours.
Find how you can support your receation or tourism acitivties with the right data.
Find out how other stakeholders and users of Copernicus Marine around the world use the data and services and find the usecase that suits you.
Blue North
Copernicus Marine NCP
Launched in June 2025, Blue North is Iceland’s first project under the Copernicus Marine National Collaboration Programme (Lot 3) implemented by Mercator Ocean International. Lead by the University of Iceland in collaboration with the Natural Science Institute of Iceland and the Icelandic Ocean Cluster.
It aims to boost marine data literacy and user engagement, supporting national implementation of EU policies. Activities include:
Stakeholder Forum
International Seminar
Training Workshop
Ocean Hackathon
These initiatives build capacity, foster innovation, and promote access to marine data for sustainable fisheries, coastal monitoring, and ocean governance. Blue North Project strengthens Iceland’s position within the Copernicus community and enhances the national material with Icelandic-language resources and real-world marine applications.
Example Use Cases
Sea Ice Monitoring
Monitor drifting sea ice, the age of the ice, its path and more using the Copernicus Marine services.
Tracking Plastic
The marine data can be used to track plastic origin and plastic pathways in the ocean. Explore it here by setting a point where your plastic is starting from and see where it will end up over time. Or change setting to “Origin of Plastic” to see where it comes from.
Biological Monitoring
Understanding the parameters that affect a specific sea species and its migration might allow for forecasting capabilities. Here an example from the Sargassum seaweed.
Oceans of Data
Access the Data
Directly access the data in the Marine Data Viewer. Switch to Full Viewer 
to direct access to all available datasets and download.
Find more visualization tools here: https://marine.copernicus.eu/access-data/ocean-visualisation-tools
Learn
Start accessing and learning about the Copernicus Marine datasets and services in a fun and interactive way. Explore the different learning opportunities.
Copernicus Marine News
- The 9th issue of the EU Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR 9) is now available online, published alongside an interactive summary detailing key aspects of the report for policymakers, members of the Blue Economy, and the public. This year’s report emphasises the deeply interconnected nature of the impacts of ocean change with changes in marine […]
- The Copernicus Marine Service launched its new Champion User Advisory Group (CUAG) on 18 June 2025, gathering 21 European expert users to help steer service evolution through real-world insights and collaborative feedback.
- The Copernicus Marine Service is committed to continuously improving the quality and fitness-for-purpose of the design of its products and services. In line with these efforts, fourteen projects have been launched, with a strong emphasis on fostering product adoption through the development of new downstream applications, with the aim of amplifying the overall impact of […]
- Nice, France, 2-13 June 2025. At the Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the European Digital Ocean Pavilion stood out as a hub demonstrating Europe’s leadership in digital innovation, science-based policy support, and international collaboration for Ocean protection. It welcomed over 27,800 visitors, with 67% rating their experience as excellent.
- Copernicus Marine celebrates ten years of transforming Europe's ocean observation landscape. Through innovation, collaboration, and scientific research, the service supports policy, science, industry, and civil society. Its development sets the stage for future breakthroughs such as the EU Digital Twin Ocean.
- The OceanPrediction DCC recently released a comprehensive special issue on Ocean Prediction: Present Status and State of the Art. The publication features 26 peer-reviewed papers reflecting on a global snapshot of current ocean prediction capabilities, challenges, and innovations.
Use Cases News
- Icebergs in the Barents Sea originate from glacier calving in Svalbard, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya, and Severnaya Zemlya. Compared to the massive icebergs from Greenland, those near Svalbard tend to be smaller and less numerous. Their distribution east of the archipelago is influenced by ocean currents, sea-ice coverage, and seasonal melt processes. Although their […]
- The Pärnu River Catchment area and Pärnu BayThe Pärnu River, one of the largest in Estonia, drains a wide catchment area before entering Pärnu Bay, located on the southwestern coast of Estonia. The catchment area includes agricultural land, peat bogs, and urban regions, which release nutrients and pollutants into the river. The Pärnu River carries […]
- SafeStorm is an advanced decision-support system developed by the Rivages Pro Tech center of SUEZ, aimed at helping municipalities effectively manage coastal flooding and beach erosion risks during storm events. Supported by the Copernicus Marine National Collaboration Programme, SafeStorm combines high-resolution numerical modeling with observational data to deliver accurate, real-time indicators of storm impacts.Complex local […]
- Saltmarshes are natural coastal defenses. They protect communities from storms, store carbon, and provide habitats for wildlife. But they are shrinking due to human development on land, rising seas, and other pressures. In the Tagus and Sado estuaries in Portugal, these changes are already visible, threatening both ecosystems and the people who rely on them. […]
- Eutrophication and algae blooms are a major problem in the Baltic Sea that can harm ecosystems and are problematic for bathing and the tourism sector.In-situ sampling cannot show spatial patterns and identify hot spots of these phenomena. Copernicus Marine data can be used to extract valuable information for long time series and large areas to […]
Open Tenders
Find open tenders from Copernicus Marine and catch the opportunity.
Find tenders here: https://www.mercator-ocean.eu/about-us/work-with-us/calls-for-tender/