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Advancing Operational Oceanography Across Europe

EuroGOOS is the European component of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) of UNESCO. Based in Brussels, it brings together 48 members and supports five regional systems to strengthen and coordinate ocean observations. By identifying priorities, fostering collaboration, and promoting the value of operational oceanography, EuroGOOS drives the sustained measurements needed to deliver fit-for-purpose marine services.

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The European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS) promotes, since 1994, the development of Operational Oceanography in Europe as the component of the Global Ocean Observing System of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC GOOS).

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Registrations are now open for the next edition of European Ocean Days

Registrations are now open for the next edition of European Ocean Days

16 December 2025

Registrations are now open for the next edition of European Ocean Days, taking place from 2 to 6 March 2026 in Brussels.

BSH to Deploy Two Advanced Multi-Purpose Vessels in North and Baltic Seas

BSH to Deploy Two Advanced Multi-Purpose Vessels in North and Baltic Seas

14 December 2025

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded the construction contract for two new multi-purpose vessels to the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan.

EuroGOOS Survey on Historical In-Situ Metadata

EuroGOOS Survey on Historical In-Situ Metadata

11 December 2025

EuroGOOS is conducting an important survey to build an inventory of historical in-situ metadata (1950–2010) needed for the assimilation and validation of Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS) reanalysis products.

Events

29
January 2026
EDITO Information Session: Call for Financial Support to 3rd Parties (Applications)
Virtual

On Thursday, 29 January will take place an information session on EDITO’s first call for Financial Support to 3rd Parties. The call will offer financ…

2
February 2026
COP IDEA Annual Meeting
Copenhagen

COP IDEA Annual Meeting (Framework Service Contract EEA/DIS/R0/24/007) Annual meeting of the COP IDEA framework service contract on cross-cutting con…

23
February 2026
Ocean Sciences Meeting
Scottish Event Campus

The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is the flagship conference for the ocean sciences and the larger ocean-connected community. A Global Gathering: In 2…

18
March 2026
Fixed Platforms Task Team Meeting
Virtual

A Fixed Platforms Task Team meeting will take place on 18 March (members only) to review ongoing activities and coordinate upcoming actions supportin…

23
March 2026
GOOS Regional Alliance Forum XII
India

The Biennial GOOS Regional Alliances Forum brings together the GOOS Regional Alliances chairs to discuss cooperation between the GOOS regions and the…

18
May 2026
11th EuroGOOS International Conference 2026 - Stronger Together
Larnaca, Cyprus

The European Global Ocean Observing System (EuroGOOS) promotes, since 1994, the development of Operational Oceanography in Europe as the component of…

21
May 2026
European Maritime Day 2026
Limassol, Cyprus

The European Maritime Day 2026 will take place in the Carob Mill event premises in the old town of Limassol, Cyprus on the 21-22 May 2026 as an in-pe…

16
June 2026
ISOBAY Symposium 2026
Kursaal Congress Centre

ISOBAY is a biennial multidisciplinary meeting dedicated to the study of the Bay of Biscay—from the coastal zone to the open sea and transitional wat…

17
June 2026
Fixed Platforms Task Team Meeting
Virtual

A Fixed Platforms Task Team meeting will take place on 17 June (members only) to review ongoing activities and coordinate upcoming actions supporting…

16
September 2026
Fixed Platforms Task Team Meeting
Virtual

A Fixed Platforms Task Team meeting will take place on 16 September (members only) to review ongoing activities and coordinate upcoming actions suppo…

16
December 2026
Fixed Platforms Task Team Meeting
Virtual

A Fixed Platforms Task Team meeting will take place on 16 December (members only) to review ongoing activities and coordinate upcoming actions suppor…

Our members

Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services, Coastal Division (MDK)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOR)
Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ)
The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO)
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer)
Mercator Ocean International (MOi)
French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM)
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Marine Institute (MI)
Irish Meteorological Service (Met Éireann)
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Italian National Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development (ENEA)
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)
Deltares
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Rijkswaterstaat – Water, Traffic and Environment
Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)
Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW-PIB)
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Gdynia Maritime University, Maritime Institute
Hydrographic Institute (IH)
Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA)
+ATLANTIC CoLAB
National Institute of Biology (NIB)
Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO)
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)
Puertos del Estado
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB)
AZTI
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN)
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
UK Met Office
National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services, Coastal Division (MDK)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOR)
Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ)
The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO)
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer)
Mercator Ocean International (MOi)
French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM)
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Marine Institute (MI)
Irish Meteorological Service (Met Éireann)
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Italian National Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development (ENEA)
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)
Deltares
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Rijkswaterstaat – Water, Traffic and Environment
Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)
Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW-PIB)
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Gdynia Maritime University, Maritime Institute
Hydrographic Institute (IH)
Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA)
+ATLANTIC CoLAB
National Institute of Biology (NIB)
Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO)
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)
Puertos del Estado
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB)
AZTI
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN)
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
UK Met Office
National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services, Coastal Division (MDK)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOR)
Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ)
The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO)
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer)
Mercator Ocean International (MOi)
French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM)
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Marine Institute (MI)
Irish Meteorological Service (Met Éireann)
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Italian National Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development (ENEA)
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)
Deltares
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Rijkswaterstaat – Water, Traffic and Environment
Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)
Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW-PIB)
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Gdynia Maritime University, Maritime Institute
Hydrographic Institute (IH)
Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA)
+ATLANTIC CoLAB
National Institute of Biology (NIB)
Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO)
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)
Puertos del Estado
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB)
AZTI
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN)
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
UK Met Office
National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
Agency for Maritime and Coastal Services, Coastal Division (MDK)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (IOR)
Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ)
The Cyprus Marine and Maritime Institute (CMMI)
Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI)
Defence Centre for Operational Oceanography (FCOO)
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer)
Mercator Ocean International (MOi)
French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM)
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
Marine Institute (MI)
Irish Meteorological Service (Met Éireann)
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
Italian National Agency for new technologies, energy and sustainable economic development (ENEA)
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV)
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS)
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC)
Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA)
Deltares
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Rijkswaterstaat – Water, Traffic and Environment
Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)
Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET Norway)
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW-PIB)
Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)
Gdynia Maritime University, Maritime Institute
Hydrographic Institute (IH)
Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA)
+ATLANTIC CoLAB
National Institute of Biology (NIB)
Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO)
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO)
Puertos del Estado
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB)
AZTI
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN)
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
UK Met Office
National Oceanography Centre (NOC)
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)