The invention provides a surface garbage salvage vessel which comprises a vessel body, a garbage salvage device, garbage collecting devices, a garbage conveying device and a control center. The garbage salvage device is arranged at the front end of the vessel body, the garbage collecting devices are arranged on the periphery of the vessel body and are fixedly connected to the vessel body through supporting pillars at bottoms of the garbage collecting devices, garbage dampers are arranged on the periphery of the garbage conveying device, a garbage conveying belt is arranged on the surface of the garbage conveying device, and the control center is arranged in the vessel body. By the arrangement, garbage on the water surface can be cleaned through the salvage vessel, automation degree is high, problems about low manual salvage efficiency, serious potential safety hazard, high salvage cost and small salvage range are effectively solved, the surface garbage salvage vessel is compact in structure and continuous and convenient in operation, difficulty in collecting the garbage on the water surface is reduced, and the environment pollution bought by the garbage of the water surface is alleviated.