DOLPHIN EXPLORER

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

DOLPHIN EXPLORER is a 2012 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 2016, most recently in December 2025, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 15 December 2025.

Built: 2012
Last inspected: 15 December 2025
Documentation: Expired · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 15 December 2025

Recorded inspections16

…physical examinations15

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

1243974

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1219964

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1219964

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)50.0 ft × 12.0 ft × 3.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 7 / net 7

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderTRIDENT PONTOONS INC · TAVARES, FL, UNITED STATES · built 2012

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionGasoline Outboard

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationTwin Hull

Hailing portFORT MYERS, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationExpired · issued 3 December 2012

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it7 - Simplified, Gross Ton
7 - Simplified, Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 16

15 December 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8276708

21 October 2025 In-Service Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8260587

21 August 2024 Drydock Exam · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7990348

23 October 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7812642

1 December 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7602043

19 October 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7580309

13 October 2022 Hull Examination

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7580222

4 October 2021 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7324604

5 November 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7086970

29 September 2020 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7066591

19 August 2019 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6787802

12 September 2018 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6537758

1 May 2018 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6403363

3 August 2017 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6226962

15 September 2016 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5995089

15 August 2016 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Fort Myers · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5968407

Deficiency record · 2

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 21 August 2024 Resolved

Vessel must undergo an inspection for certification as specified in 46 CFR 176.404. Vessel's COI expired on 21AUG2024. 46 CFR 176.500(b)

Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 4 September 2024
Resolution: COI inspection was conducted.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 19 August 2019 Resolved

Vessel has not had an annual inspection within the 3 months before or after the anniversary date of its COI issuance, invalidating the COI under 46CFR176.502.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 23 August 2019
Resolution: Conducted satisfactory inspection for certification, 20AUG19. New COI/decal issued by [name withheld] this date.

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.