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Statewide Boating Safety Courses

If you are just visiting Florida, please click here to see a list of vendors that issue temporary certificates please click here to see a list of vendors that issue temporary certificates or you may take one of the online Boating Safety Education courses listed below.) Once you have completed a classroom or online boating safety course, and would like your State of Florida Boating Education ID card, please mail a copy of your certificate to:

FWC
Boating Safety
620 South Meridian Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600

Please make sure to include your name, address, date of birth, and telephone number.

Every person convicted of a criminal violation, non-criminal infraction resulting in a boating accident or two non-criminal infractions within a 12-month period are required to attend, and successfully complete a boating safety course that meets the minimum standards established by the commission. They must file with the commission within 90days proof of successful completion of the course. Until these requirements are met, they must refrain from operating a vessel. Any person who operates a vessel in violation of these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. Please contact any of the classroom course provider's below/ to locate a course near you.

Online and at-home-correspondence course do NOT meet these requirements.

Classroom Courses

COMPANY

 AREA

 Contact Information

Boater 101

South of St. Lucie County on the Atlantic coastline; excluding the Keys 1-866-Boater101
 Boat Us  Statewide 1-800-336-2628

Chapman School of Seamanship

Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach (772) 283-8130
FL. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Statewide Please contact your local FWC office for class date. Click here to see a list of the office.
Florida Safe Boating and Vessel Relocation Service Duval, Clay, St. Johns and Nassau counties (904) 291-5024

Marine Resources Center

Jacksonville (904) 398-0140
Marine Resource Institute Miami-Dade County (305) 947-0010
Safe Boating Institute Statewide 1-877-449-4400

USCG AUX (United States Coast Guard Auxiliary)

Statewide 1-800-336-2628 or www.uscgaux7.org
 USPS (United States Power Squadron) Statewide 1-888-367-8777
US Sailing Statewide 401-683-0800, www.uspowerboating.com

Online Courses

 Company

 Contact Information

Boat-Ed Online boat-ed.com
Boater 101 boater101.com
Boat US boatus.com
Nautical Know How boatsafe.com
PWC Safety School pwcsafetyschool.com
American Safety Council floridaboatingcourse.com