Emergency Contacts
| SITUATION | CALL | 
| Swimmer in Distress at Unattended Beaches | 
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| Scuba Diving Accidents | 
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| Boating Mishap Involving Injury | 
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| Marine Casualty | 
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| Missing Beachgoer at Unattended Beaches | 
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| Sewage Spill/Water Pollution | 
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| Infectious Waste (syringes/needles) | 
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| Hazards to Navigation | 
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| Stranded, Injured Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sea Birds | 
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| Overdue Boats | 
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| Shark Sighting (for data collection only) | 
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| Fuel and Oil Spills (If your vessel discharges oil or hazardous materials into the water you must immediately notify the US Coast Guard at 1-800-424-8802. | 
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| Fishing and Conservation Resource Violations | 
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| Thrillcraft or Other Boating Violations of Ocean Recreation Management Area Rules | 
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| Hazardous Debris on the Beach | 
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| Blocked Beach Access | 
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| Dumping of Plastics, Garbage, Etc. into the Ocean | 
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| To report large quantities of marine debris/entanglements | 
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Understand DOBOR procedures in the event of an emergency:
– Hurricane Emergency Plan
– Tsunami Emergency Plan
| AGENCIES | PHONE (on Oahu) | 
| DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) | 
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| DLNR, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) | 
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| DLNR, Division of Conservation & Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) | 
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| U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) | 
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This page was last updated: 09.30.25
