Marine Research Infrastructures

Marine Research Infrastructures Overview
The Marine Research Infrastructures Team manages and operates a diverse range of monitoring platforms for ocean observations in a national and international context, providing vital data enabling research and monitoring of Ireland's seas. The Research Infrastructures are further detailed in each section here.
If you would like further information or if you would like to talk to a member of our team about how to gain access to these facilities, contact infrastructures@marine.ie.
To view and download data from our research infrastructures, you can:
Visualise the data at Digital Ocean.
See Real Time Observations.
Download Oceanographic Data Sets.
For regular updates, you can also follow us on Twitter: @MarineInst, @SmartBay_ie, @Eir_OOS and @ArgoIreland.
Photo Competition
Have you recently taken an inspiring seascape photo you’d like to share with everyone? We invite you to share it with us on Twitter (@Eir_OOS #2024MRIComp) for a chance to have a feature month in the Marine Research Infrastructure (MRI) 2024 calendar! For more information on how to enter please click here for details. Competition closes 25th September 2023.
The 2023 calendar is free to download for personal use and features seascapes and photos taken by Marine Institute staff which gives us a unique look at our collective work at sea.
SmartBay Observatory

SmartBay Test Site

International Projects (EU Funded Research)

Irish Marine Data Buoy Observation Network (IMDBON)

Irish National Tide Gauge Network

Deep Sea Moorings

Argo Network

Irish Glider Network

Irish Wave Buoy Network
National Equipment Pool
