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Entering by boat: Solomon Islands

What to do to enter Solomon Islands by sea: the procedures, the papers to present and the ports where you can clear in.

Check with the authorities before you leave (last checked on 28 October 2026).

Before you arrive

The steps

  1. Call Port Control (Honiara, VHF 09/16) on arrival, Q flag up.
  2. Customs and quarantine (form C.48), then pay quarantine at the Ministry of Agriculture.
  3. Immigration with all passports.
  4. Return to the first office with the receipts to collect the arrival papers.

Papers to have on board

  • Passports for the whole crew
  • Crew list
  • Boat papers (registration certificate)
  • Outward clearance from the previous country
  • General declaration
  • Ship’s stores declaration
  • Biosecurity declaration

Good to know

  • Request clearance at an official port of entry before going ashore on any island: heavy fine otherwise.
  • Ports of entry listed by the tourism office: Honiara, Korovou (Shortlands), Gizo, Ringgi, Yandina, Tulagi and Graciosa Bay (Lata). In practice Honiara and Noro are the only places with all officials on the same day.
  • At smaller ports, check beforehand that officials are present (Gizo, Lata: absent officers or officers flying in from Honiara reported).
  • Clearance takes the whole day: start early; each office is paid separately, keep the receipts.

Ports of entry

The ports where you can clear in, and the services available there.

Ghizo

Guadalcanal

Îles Florida (Nggela)

Îles Russell (Mbanika)

Kolombangara

Nendo (îles Santa Cruz, Temotu)

Nouvelle-Géorgie

Shortland

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Sources

This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.