The Belize Coast Guard (until 2016, the Belize National Coast Guard Service) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and the maritime and law enforcement service branch of Belize. The BCG operates under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The current Commandant of the Belize Coast Guard is Captain Elton Bennett.

The new service began operations with seven impounded Eduardoño fast craft and 50 men drawn from the disbanded Belize Defence Force Maritime Wing. The Coast Guard was originally established as a part of Belize Defence Force established in November 2005 with the assistance of the United States Coast Guard.

It became an branch independent from BDF in November 2005.

Coast Guard men and women are deployed around the clock patrolling the internal waters and territorial seas. On the northern frontier, their joint operating base at Consejo protects the local economy from the negative impacts of illegal contraband and acts as the northern cut off for drug trafficking. On their southern boundary they stand guard at the Sarstoon river ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity of Belize. They stand ready for anything (Utrinque Paratus).

The Belize Coast Guard mission includes:

Like other naval forces in the region, the BCG mostly confronts crime at sea. “What occupies most of their time is really the transnational organised crime in the form of drug trafficking and weapon smuggling. The BCG also works to prevent illegal fishing and other illicit activity affecting the Belizean maritime ecosystem, supporting the Belize.

The Coast Guard Service coordinates its activities with the Belize Defence Force and the Belize Police Department.