Boater Registry

For visitors and new residents, if you are from out of State and you have completed a NASBLA approved boating safety course and want to cite reciprocity so you can operate your vessel in Hawai`i, you can call or write to DOBOR’s Vessel Registration and Titling Branch for a temporary (60-day) BSEC.  Please join the Registry so your official DLNR/DOBOR BSEC will be sent out when processing of requests resumes in mid-November.  

If you took your NASBLA approved course many years ago and have your credential, but it does not have the blue course approval stamp, you may request a temporary BSEC by calling or writing the Vessel Registration and Titling Branch as well.

DLNR/DOBOR Vessel Registration & Titling
4 Sand Island Access Road
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96819
Telephone: (808) 587-1970
Fax: (808) 587-1973
Email: [email protected]

For all others, if your credential has the blue course approval stamp, feel free to use it to operate your vessel until we can issue your BSEC.  We thank you for your patience.

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The Hawaii Certified Boater Registry is an electronic database that is maintained by DOBOR.  Inclusion in this database is optional but is strongly recommended.  Joining the Registry allows a boater to easily replace a Boater Safety Education Card if lost or destroyed.  Anyone who has already requested to be included in the Registry in-person does not need to complete this online form.

All information submitted to the Registry is never published and will only be accessed by authorized DLNR employees and law enforcement personnel.

For more details, please visit DOBOR’s Mandatory Boating Safety Education Question and Answer page.

For holders of Merchant Mariner Credentials, when submitting your credentials, attach copies of your photo and your signature pages, your limitations page and the page bearing the USCG representative signature of approval.

ALL FIELDS WITH AN ASTERISK ARE REQUIRED.  PLEASE TYPE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

  • WHICH COURSE PROVIDER DID YOU TAKE THE COURSE FROM, COMPANY NAME.
  • mm/dd/yyyy
  • DATE YOUR MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIAL EXPIRES (mm/dd/yyyy)
    STAMP READS: "COURSE APPROVED FOR STATE OF HAWAII BY DLNR"
    ALL THIRD-PARTY COURSE PROVIDERS GIVE YOU PROOF WHEN YOU FINISH THEIR COURSE. BY JOINING THE REGISTRY AND UPLOADING A PICTURE OF THAT PROOF, YOUR CERTIFICATION WILL BE SAVED ON FILE. IF YOU’D LIKE A DLNR/DOBOR BOATER SAFETY EDUCATION CARD (A BACKUP CARD EQUAL TO YOUR OFFICIAL ONE, SO YOU DON’T RISK LOSING THE ORIGINAL), JUST CHECK THE BOX HERE.
    ARE YOU REQUESTING DLNR/DOBOR BOATING SAFETY RECIPROCITY FOR YOUR NON-HAWAII CERTIFICATION?
  • Drop files here or
    Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, Max. file size: 10 MB.
      Upload a copy of your Boating Safety course certificate, proof of completion (a picture is fine, doesn't have to be the original). Do not upload your Thrill Craft certification card from Windward Community College. If you are joining the Registry with a Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC), you must upload all four of these panels: -Photo panel -Qualifications panel -Signature panel -USCG approving officer’s signature panel All four MMC panels are required to receive a Boater Safety Education Card (BSEC).