The Copernicus Marine Service has been designed to respond to issues emerging in the environmental, business and scientific sectors. Using information from both satellite and in situ observations, it provides state-of-the-art analyses and forecasts daily, which offer an unprecedented capability to observe, understand and anticipate marine environment events. The CMEMS also provides regular and systematic core reference information on the state of the physical oceans and regional seas. The observations and forecasts produced by the service support all marine applications.
The service is meant for any user requesting generic information on the ocean, and especially downstream service providers who use this information as an input to their own value-added services to end-users for many domains:
- Maritime Safety;
- Maritime Resources;
- Coastal and Marine Environment;
- Weather; Seasonal Forecasting and Climate.

The Copernicus Marine Service supports:
– Improving knowledge of the seas and oceans is one of the three cross-cutting tools of the EU’s Integrated Maritime Policy. A good knowledge of the environmental status of the marine waters is necessary, in accordance with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), currently prepared by Member states with the support of the European Environment agency (EEA). In a general way, CMEMS brings support to European and Regional decision makers implied in European policies linked to the Marine Environment and Security (EC Directorate, European Agencies, Regional Conventions);
– Member states’ National Agencies and public bodies also rely on CMEMS for their own regional service provision, related to Pollution combat and Monitoring, Coastal Environment, Water Quality, Maritime Safety, Renewable Energies, Offshore activities…;