Abstract: The investigation of marine environment often carries huge risks and uncertainties. The rapid development of marine survey in China also brings the increasing level of security problems. To meet the demands of marine development and supervision on the safety production, it is significant and urgent to promote marine survey safety standardization. This paper presents the safety situation of marine environment survey in China from the aspects of marine survey ship management, investigation equipment operation and deep sea operation risk. By analyzing the current situation and problems of safety standardization in marine environment survey, the development countermeasures are suggested.