2017年，随着我国海洋强国战略的深入实施和国人海洋意识的不断增强，海洋民俗的发展呈现四个新态势：海洋民俗的内涵更加丰富；广西北部湾地区与海南潭门成为海洋民俗发展的后起之秀；海洋民俗产业发展迅速，发展空间较大；海洋民俗研究的跨学科现象明显。但是也存在海洋民俗符号的意义阐释不够、区域发展仍不平衡、除海神信仰及祭海仪式外的其他海洋民俗事象发展较弱等问题，需要在接下来的发展中逐一解决。未来海洋民俗的发展要与海洋社会的发展紧密结合，做到多主体共同参与，深挖、保护与传承齐推进；避免“建设性破坏”与“发展性破坏”；重视并处理好多组关系；加强海洋民俗文化翻译等，充分利用大数据和现代网络技术，促进海洋民俗的发展。
In 2017，with the in-depth implementation of China’s maritime power strategy，the maritime consciousness of the Chinese people has been continuously enhanced，and the development of marine folklore has presented four new trends：the marine folk customs are more abundant；the Guangxi Beibu Gulf area and the Hainan Lake Gate have become marine folklore development. The rising star；the marine folk industry is developing rapidly and the space is large；the interdisciplinary phenomenon of marine folklore research is obvious. Of course，there are also problems such as insufficient interpretation of the meaning of marine folk symbols，unbalanced regional development，and weak development of other marine folk affairs except sea god beliefs and sea rituals，which need to be solved one by one in the next development. The development of marine folklore in the future should be closely integrated with the development of marine society，so that multi-subjects should participate together，deepen，protect and pass on；promote “constructive destruction” and “developmental destruction”；attach importance to and deal with many groups of relationships；Strengthen the translation of marine folk culture，make full use of big data and modern network technology to promote the development of marine folklore.
