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Bathymetry is an important factor in determining wave and current transformation in coastal and surface areas but is often poorly understood. However, its knowledge is crucial for hydro-morphodynamic forecasting and monitoring. Available for a long time only via in-situ measurement, the advent of video and satellite imagery has allowed the emergence of inversion methods from surface observations. With the advent of methods and architectures adapted to big data, a treatment via a deep learning approach seems now promising. This article provides a first overview of such possibilities with synthetic cases and its potential application on a real case.