In this investigation, electropolishing and plasma ion nitriding were applied to super austenitic stainless steel for the purpose of improving its corrosion and pitting resistance. Electrochemical experiment were conducted with washing water collected directly from the ship’s scrubber. After electropolishing, the surface roughness was improved by about 73.6% compared to mechanical polishing. Following plasma ion nitriding, expanded austenite and chromium nitride were observed on the surface, and the thickness of the nitrided layer was measured as about 10 μm. A hysteresis loop was observed in the cyclic potentiodynamic polarization curves of mechanical polishing and electropolishing, and the areas were calculated as 23.33mW/cm2 and 0.17mW/cm2, respectively. The polarization curve of plasma ion nitriding presented perfect passivation characteristics. Accordingly, mechanical polishing and electropolishing revealed local corrosion, whereas plasma ion nitriding presented a tendency towards general corrosion. In the mechanical polishing, electropolishing, and plasma ion nitriding, the corrosion current densities were 0.665 ㎂/cm2, 0.093 ㎂/cm2, and 16.47 ㎂/cm2, respectively, and the maximum damage depth was observed to grow progressively smaller from plasma ion nitriding to electropolishing and then mechanical polishing