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The National Oceans and Coastal Information Management System (OCIMS) was developed by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) in partnership with the CSIR, SAEON and SAWS through Operation Phakisa

Dear users,

The OCIMS team is currently undertaking a system re-design on some of its main IT infrastructure. This may impact the user experience within the OpsAtSea and the Fisheries and Aquaculture Decision Support Tools. We expect all services to be restored by mid-November 2026 and apologise for the inconvenience.

Decision support tools for the effective governance of South Africa’s oceans and coasts

Click on the links below in order to access the tools directly or click on the pictures to learn more

Operational Tools

Fisheries and Aquaculture Support

A satellite remote-sensing product showing where algal blooms are occurring. Click here to watch a demo.

Launch

Coastal Operations at Sea

Use of ocean models and sea state parameters.

Launch

Integrated Vessel Tracking

This tool is access controlled. Please contact us if you would like to discuss further.

Learn more

EO for Water Quality

Using earth observations (EO) to determine water quality.

Launch

Static Tools

Coastal Viewer

View marine and coastal spatial data from various custodians and perform basic spatial queries.
Click here to watch a demo.
Contact us to contribute data.

Launch

Marine Spatial Planning

Viewer for Marine Spatial Planning activities in terms of the Marine Spatial Planning Act (Act no. 16 of 2018).

Launch

Coastal Flood Hazard

Bathtub-based flood model allowing users to incrementally 'drown your town', which is useful for risk scenario planning.

Launch

Data related initiatives

Marine Information Management System (MIMS)

MIMS is an archival data repository for marine and coastal data.

Launch

WMS geospatial services

A Web Map Service (WMS) allows you to view, and overlay spatial data instead of downloading raw geographic data.

View available services

Bird flu (Avian Influenza) reporting form and dashboard

A data capture (SA seabird bird flu form) and visualisation response to the bird flu outbreak.

Launch

Marine Animal Sightings dashboard

The dashboard shows information regarding marine animal sightings captured by permitted operators.

Launch

Gillnetting reporting form and dashboard

A data capture form and dashboard to support compliance and enforcement efforts.

Launch