The recent pointer forwarding schemes for HMIPv6, without consideration of MAP’s (mobile anchor point) coverage, may lead to high registration and packet delivery costs. A dynamic pointer forwarding scheme for HMIPv6 networks (DPF-HMIPv6) is proposed in this paper. The scheme allows mobile nodes to execute pointer forwarding schemes, dynamically, in accordance with MAP’s coverage. The pointer forwarding scheme, based on the access router, is used on the condition that mobile node chooses an MAP with a coverage larger than a threshold to avoid frequent registration with MAP. Otherwise, the pointer forwarding scheme, based on MAP, is executed to avoid frequent registration with HA. The numerical simulation results show that this scheme settles the problems better than existing schemes and markedly reduces the cost of HMIPv6 networks.