How to Get a Boater Education Identification Card

• Take a course approved by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA).
  
• Submit a letter with your name, date of birth, return address, phone number and proof of completion of the course:
  
  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  Division of Law Enforcement
  Boating Safety Section
  620 South Meridian Street
  Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600
  
• Or you can take the "How to Boat Smart" correspondence course and follow the directions provided on the test.
  
• Visitors from out of state who do not have a card issued by their home state can take a Temporary Certificate test.

For more information, contact the FWC's Division of Law Enforcement at 850-488-5600, or e-mail us.

Your card should look like the image below