Norfloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibacterial drug widely used in medicine. It is a member of the family of fluoroquinolones and is naturally fluorescent, as the majority of the members of this family. This makes spectroscopic techniques ideal for its study. Moreover, it has been reported that complexation with transition metals such as copper can result in a higher antimicrobial and antitumor action. Surfactants are commonly used in formulations for drug delivery, with the purpose of improving the action in a specific region. This paper aims at studying the interaction of norfloxacin with ionic micelles of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) using spectroscopic techniques such as UV-Visible absorption, steady state and time resolved fluorescence. This study was carried out at different pH, since the ionic state of norfloxacin is modified by the pH, and several studies have shown that the ionic state of the molecule is extremely important for the interaction with biological targets. The techniques allowed obtaining the association constants of norfloxacin to the micelles. It was also noticed that in the case of SDS, the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant undergoes a considerable reduction, reducing six times the usual value in aqueous solution. At pH 7.4 the effects of norfloxacin complexation with copper and with the copper complexes with pyridine, bipyridine and phenanthroline on the interaction with SDS and CTAB micelles were also evaluated.