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:
User 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
- Abstract submissions are open for the session “The Copernicus Marine Service and the European Digital Twin of the Ocean” (OS4.8) at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2026, which will take place from 3 to 8 May 2026 at the Austria Center Vienna and online. Abstracts are required to be submitted through the EGU […]
- The Copernicus Marine Service recently released a new operational Sargassum detection product as part of its November 2025 service update. This product delivers near real-time monitoring of floating sargassum across the Atlantic and Caribbean basins, strengthening Copernicus Marine’s biogeochemical product portfolio.
- The Ocean State Report 11 call for contributions is open. Researchers are invited to propose contributions by 4 February 2026 to support a flagship EU publication that delivers independent, peer-reviewed insights on ocean conditions and change, grounded in Copernicus Marine data and supporting evidence-based decision-making.
- Copernicus Marine Service is releasing new global coastal satellite-derived bathymetry products delivering 100 m-resolution depth information in coastal waters. These datasets are designed to support coastal management, marine and climate research, and the Blue Economy.
- The Copernicus Marine Service has launched the beta of the MyOcean Dashboards — interactive, customisable workspaces that put the ocean at your fingertips. Build your own view with maps, graphs and annotations, and explore marine conditions across time, space, depth and variables.
- Copernicus Sentinel-6B, scheduled for launch in November 2025, represents Europe’s next step in monitoring sea level from space. Building on the legacy of Sentinel-6A, it will extend the long-term record of ocean height observations, ensuring the continuity of high-precision satellite altimetry data feeding into Copernicus Marine’s ocean monitoring and forecasting products.
Use Cases News
- Flooding events represent a major hazard to life and property in coastal communities. In estuarine environments, extreme sea level events caused by the combined effects of astronomical tides and storm surge pose significant threats to urban areas as well as to port infrastructure. In recent years, such events have become increasingly frequent in Cantabria’s estuaries […]
- This use case co-designed with the French Office of the Biodiversity aims to promote the use of medium-resolution satellite data for the ecological status of coastal water bodies in the support of European environmental directives (Water Framework Directive, Marine Strategy Framework Directive), as well as the OSPAR and Barcelona Conventions. The primary users are national and […]
- AIMOS develops and demonstrates a high-resolution physical and biogeochemical oceanographic modelling system to support the monitoring, management, and adaptive governance of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Azores, with a specific focus on Condor Seamount (MPA14). Condor is one of the most emblematic deep-sea features of the region, recognized for its ecological importance, long scientific […]
- Aquaculture production is a key activity in the Alfacs Bay of the Ebro Delta. Therefore, maintaining high water quality is essential in the area. In this context, Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) represent one of the most significant local hazards. The FLORETHA Project enhances local forecasting capability, delivering a new very high resolution (70 m) coastal model application […]
- The Murcia coast, known as the Costa Cálida ("Warm Coast"), stretches approximately 250 km along Spain's southeastern Mediterranean shoreline. This region contributes to ensuring the EU's food security with its significant aquaculture production (around 16.000 fish tonnes per year).The OCEAMMUR project provides high resolution 3D hydrodynamic conditions and forecasts for these production areas. The modelling […]
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/