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Florida Boater Safety Course & Exam Overview
Complete your boating safety course and obtain your Florida Boating Safety Education ID Card in three easy steps!
Step 1. Study the Florida Boating Safety Course Online
- Cost: Free
- Over 150 narrated and animated safe boating videos
- Includes 40 interactive boating safety exercises
- Take practice boating safety quizzes to prepare for the exam
- Covers 100% of the Florida Boating Safety Exam material
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Step 2. Take the Florida Boating Safety Test
- Cost: $29.95, pay only when you pass
- 60 multiple-choice visual exam questions
- 80% required to pass (48 correct answers)
- Graded immediately, review your wrong answers!
Step 3. Get your Florida Boating Safety Education ID Card
- Permanent Card issued by the FWC, arrives in the mail within 2-3 weeks.
Boating License or Boater Safety Education ID Card... is there a difference?
The boater education card is proof that you have successfully completed a boating safety course. The boater education card does not expire and does not need to be renewed. Therefore, it is NOT a Florida Boating License!