Sea Badge Award

Sea Badge Patch Sea Badge Patch with tan background

Sea Badge Patch for Staff Members Sea Badge Patch for Course Directors

Seabadge Trident Pin


These awards are given as recognition of completion of the Sea Badge Course, which is the advanced training course for Sea Scouting leaders at the Ship, District, Council or Regional level.

The single trident versions are awarded to attendees. (The different background colors are for different color uniforms.)  The version with two tridents is awarded to staff members, and the three trident version is awarded to course directors.

There is also a Sea badge pin, pictured, below, which is awarded after completion of the course.

Sea Badge Pin

Attendance at the Sea Badge course is nominative.


Unofficial Sea Badge

The recognition knot was derived from an earlier unofficial emblem (illustrated above)


Credits: Original and blue on silver knot scans courtesy of Mike Walton.
Other scans courtesy of seascout.org

Updated information courtesy of Gene Foley - Seabadge course director in the Northeast Region


Page updated on: May 23, 2014



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