The certificate is issued by Dr Helle Wibe
Seafarer and petroleum doctor with more than 20,000 medical examinations. OEUK-approved since 2006 and approved in Denmark, Norway, the UK and Sweden.
The eyesight and hearing certificate for the Danish yachtmaster licence, with an approved maritime doctor in Esbjerg. Done in about fifteen minutes.
For the Danish duelighedsbevis (competency certificate for leisure sailors, issued as a sønæringsbevis) and the yachtmaster licences of the 3rd and 1st grade, you must have passed an eyesight and hearing test for leisure sailors within the last 3 years. It must be taken with an approved maritime doctor.
Helle Wibe has been an approved maritime doctor since 2004. The eyesight test also covers colour vision. If you pass, the maritime doctor reports the result digitally to the Danish Maritime Authority, and you can see it in the Søfarende self-service and the My Maritime app. You do not get a paper certificate.
Visual acuity and colour vision, with the correction you normally use.
A short test of your hearing.
If you pass, the doctor reports the result digitally to the Danish Maritime Authority. You can see it in Søfarende and My Maritime.
If you use them.
Driving licence or passport.
No. The seafarer medical certificate (STCW) is for professional seafarers and is a full medical examination. The eyesight and hearing test for leisure sailors is a shorter test for the duelighedsbevis and the yachtmaster licences.
Yes. Bring them, the test is done with the correction you normally use.
About fifteen minutes.
Sources: Danish order on tests and certificates for leisure sailors, BEK no. 1441 of 25 November 2025, sections 2 to 4 and Danish Maritime Authority, guidance on the eyesight and hearing certificate for leisure sailors (updated 10 October 2025). Prices and duration: Offshore Medicals' own price list, September 2026.
Seafarer and petroleum doctor with more than 20,000 medical examinations. OEUK-approved since 2006 and approved in Denmark, Norway, the UK and Sweden.