diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed673e6a4..ebb483851 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - [#956](https://github.com/equinor/webviz-subsurface/pull/956) - `SimulationTimeSeries` - Deprecate usage of user input options {vector1, vector2, vector3}. Add list of vectors as user input options for initially selected vectors.
 - [#961](https://github.com/equinor/webviz-subsurface/pull/961) - Improved error message when there are none valid realizations in an ensemble.
 - [#970](https://github.com/equinor/webviz-subsurface/pull/970) - Replaced modals with new Dialog component in `StructuralUncertainty`. Changed display of uncertainty table to be a Dialog.
+- [#980](https://github.com/equinor/webviz-subsurface/pull/980) - Deprecated plugin `SurfaceViewerFMU`. This has been replaced by the faster, and more
+feature-rich plugin `MapViewerFMU`.
 
 ### Fixed
 - [#965](https://github.com/equinor/webviz-subsurface/pull/965) - Allow a filtered subset of surface names for multiple attributes in `StructuralUncertainty`.
diff --git a/webviz_subsurface/plugins/_surface_viewer_fmu.py b/webviz_subsurface/plugins/_surface_viewer_fmu.py
index dcc9b5946..0e0e7d756 100644
--- a/webviz_subsurface/plugins/_surface_viewer_fmu.py
+++ b/webviz_subsurface/plugins/_surface_viewer_fmu.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from dash import Dash, Input, Output, State, callback_context, dcc, html
 from dash.exceptions import PreventUpdate
 from webviz_config import WebvizPluginABC, WebvizSettings
+from webviz_config.deprecation_decorators import deprecated_plugin
 from webviz_config.webviz_store import webvizstore
 from webviz_subsurface_components import LeafletMap
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 from webviz_subsurface._private_plugins.surface_selector import SurfaceSelector
 
 
+@deprecated_plugin("Relevant functionality is implemented in the MapViewerFMU plugin.")
 class SurfaceViewerFMU(WebvizPluginABC):
     """Covisualize surfaces from an ensemble.