Sfantu Gheorghe Marine and Fluvial Research Station is placed in the centre of the village, two kilometers far from Danube mouth and resort beach.

There are 6 rooms housing three bedrooms, a coastal geomorphology work room, a coastal ecology laboratory and a desk space for research students and visiting scholars working on coastal projects.

The field and research equipment includes:

Logistics
• Marine research vessel Merry Fisher 530 (with Evinrude 90 HP engine)
• Fluvial research vessel Rebel 400 (with Selva 25 HP engine)
• 2 Zodiac vessels (with Suzuki 15 HP engine)
• ATV Kymco MXU 300

Hydrodynamics
• Nortek Vector 3D current meter
• Level Troll 700 pressure sensor
• RTX 1930 water level pressure sensor

Bathymetry & Topography
• Echo-sounding equipment (Valeport MIDAS Surveyor, Garmin GPSMAP 166 and Garmin GPSMAP 298C Sounder)
• DGPS Leica VIVA
• Sokkia 610 total station
• GPS Garmin Montana & GPSMAP 76CSx

Coring
• Coring equipment (Vibro-coring engine, Auger, Split-Spoon, Push Core, Piston Core, Gage)
• Eijkelkamp percussion corer with Cobra TT engine (up to 20 m cores)
• Lamote Sampling Dredge 5110 bottom sediment sampler

Aeolian
• Anemometers (Max 40+) and wind vanes (Dir 21)
• Vertical and cylindrical aeolian sediment traps

Water quality
• HI9828/20 Multiparameter water quality meter (13 parameters measured)
• Water test 3150 (pH, ORP, conductivity and temperature)
• HI98713-2 Turbidimeter
• Marvel 6035 portable turbidimeter
• HI98203 salintest
• Optical instruments for biological and ecological studies

Remote sensing
• Satellite imagery facilities