INCOIS
India's Ocean Information Hub
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), headquartered at Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. It was established on 8 February 1999 and is mandated to provide ocean information and advisory services to society, industry, government agencies, and the scientific community.
- INCOIS provides four major service categories: Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) advisories for fishermen, Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS), Ocean State Forecast (OSF), and observations through the Ocean Observation Group (OOG).
- It operates the SAMUDRA mobile application (upgraded to SAMUDRA 2.0 in February 2026) providing multilingual ocean advisories to fishermen, including PFZ, tuna advisories, and small vessel alerts.
- INCOIS also operates SIVAS (Swell-Surge Inundation Vulnerability Advisory System), an early warning service for swell-surge flooding events, and JellyAIIP (Jellyfish Aggregation Information Interactive Portal).
- UNESCO recognised INCOIS for excellence in tsunami and ocean hazard early warning systems, cementing its status as a regional leader in ocean information services.
● Tracked since February 09, 2026 · last seen April 23, 2026 · updates as the daily brief publishes
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