NU WAVE BOATS HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with NUW were assigned by the US Coast Guard to NU WAVE BOATS of NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL. The builder is listed in the USCG MIC database. Enter the full 12-character HIN below for build date, model year, and serial — free, no account.
MIC
NUW
Location
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL
In business
since 2013
Status
Listed active in USCG records
NU WAVE BOATS hulls (2013–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Free · no account · the HIN is on the transom, upper starboard (right) corner
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NU WAVE BOATS HIN FAQ
What does a NU WAVE BOATS HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "NUW" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to NU WAVE BOATS — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. NU WAVE BOATS hulls (2013–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits.
Is NU WAVE BOATS still in business?
USCG records list NU WAVE BOATS of NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL in the MIC database (registered 2013).
How do I decode the year on a NU WAVE BOATS HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. NU WAVE BOATS hulls (2013–present) all use the current HIN format: a month letter (A=January…L=December), a certification-year digit, then two model-year digits. Enter the full 12-character HIN above and the decoder works it out, including the legacy formats.
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Sources: USCG Manufacturer Identification Code database (uscgboating.org, refreshed monthly) · HIN format per 33 CFR 181 subpart C. Cite this page: CarWhere, "NU WAVE BOATS HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/nuw, last verified 2026-06-12.