Emergency Contacts

SITUATION

CALL

Swimmer in Distress at Unattended Beaches

  • Fire Department: 911

Scuba Diving Accidents

  • Fire Department: 911

  • U.S. Coast Guard: (808) 541-2450

Boating Mishap Involving Injury

  • Fire Department: 911

  • DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE):
    (808) 643-DLNR
    (808-643-3567)

Marine Casualty

  • U.S. Coast Guard: (808) 522-8260

Missing Beachgoer at Unattended Beaches

  • Fire Department: 911

Sewage Spill/Water Pollution

  • Environmental Concern Line (Oahu): (808) 692-5656

  • Department of Health Clean Water Branch: (808) 586-4309

Infectious Waste (syringes/needles)

  • Department of Health  Hazardous Evaluation & Emergency Response Office:
    (808) 586-4249
    After hours: (808) 236-8200

Hazards to Navigation

  • U.S. Coast Guard: 1-800-552-6458

  • DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE):
    (808) 643-DLNR
    (808-643-3567)

Stranded, Injured Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Sea Birds

  • DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE):
    (808) 643-DLNR
    (808-643-3567)

  • National Marine Fisheries Service: (808) 983-5300

  • Seals: (808) 983-5715

  • Turtles: (808) 983-5730

  • Whales and Dolphins: (888) 256-9840

Overdue Boats

  • U.S. Coast Guard: 1-800-552-6458

Shark Sighting (for data collection only)

  • DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources: (808) 587-0100

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. 

  • U.S. Coast Guard: (808) 842-2677

  • Report location, size, source, color, time observed and substances).

Fishing and Conservation Resource Violations

  • DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE): (808) 643-DLNR (808-643-3567)

Thrillcraft or Other Boating Violations of Ocean Recreation Management Area Rules

  • DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE): (808) 643-DLNR (808-643-3567)

Hazardous Debris on the Beach

  • Police: 911

Blocked Beach Access

  • Hawaii: (808) 961-8223

  • Kauai: (808) 241-4900

  • Maui: (808) 270-7869

  • Oahu: (808) 523-4381

Dumping of Plastics, Garbage, Etc. into the Ocean

  • U.S. Coast Guard: 1-800-552-6458

  • DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE):
    (808) 643-DLNR
    (808-643-3567)

To report large quantities of marine debris/entanglements
too large to remove by hand

  • (833) 4da-NETS (833-432-6387)

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)

  • (808) 587-0100

DLNR, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR)

  • (808) 587-1966

DLNR, Division of Conservation & Resources Enforcement (DOCARE)

  • (808) 643-DLNR

    (808-643-3567)

U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

  • (808) 983-5300

 

 

This page was last updated: 09.30.25