Oregon Online Boating Course Overview

Complete the following 3 steps to get your Oregon Boater Education Card

Study the Oregon Safe Boating Course Manual Take the Oregon Safe Boating Exam
  • Pay only when you Pass: $29.95
  • Includes Oregon Certificate of Completion
  • 75 Questions (multiple choice)
  • 80% needed to pass (60 right answers)
  • No time limit — Review all your wrong answers
STEP 3: Get your Oregon Boater Education Card 
  • Cost: $10.00 (State fee)
  • Full Serve
    • Pay the $10.00 State fee online (no transaction fees)
    • Print an Oregon Certificate of Completion (acts as a Temporary for 60 days from the date of completion)
      — Go boating right away!
    • Your Official Oregon Boater Education Card is automatically mailed to your home within 2 - 3 weeks
  • Self Serve
    • Print out the Oregon Certificate of Completion
    • Print and fully complete the Application Form
    • Mail a copy of your Certificate of Completion, Application Form, and a $10.00 check or money order to the Oregon State Marine Board
    • After your application form has been received, your Official Oregon Boater Education Card is mailed to your home within 2 - 3 weeks
 
Oregon boating license

Education Requirement

Year Age
2008 70 and younger
2009 All Boaters

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* Children under 12 years old may not operate any power boat

** Children 12 to 15 years old are required to carry their Oregon Boater Education Card on-board AND have a Card-holding adult (16 years of age or older, 18 years of age for personal watercraft) on-board in direct supervision in order to operate a powered watercraft GREATER than 10 hp. Children 12 to 15 years of age can operate a motorboat of 10 hp or less alone if holding a boaters education card.

*** Children must be 12 years old to take their Oregon Boaters Exam and receive their Boater Education Card.

 
 
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All course material contained herein is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety.