To operate a vessel powered by a motor of 10 horsepower or greater (including a PWC), a person 21 years of age or younger must have completed a boater education course approved by the National Association of State Boating Laws Administrators (NASBLA) or pass an approved equivalency exam.
– Operators so I require to have completed a boating education course or exam must carry on board:
His or her boating safety ID card issued by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and
A photographic identification card
These operators are exempt from the boater education requirement:
– persons license in the US Coast Guard as a master of a vessel
– persons operating at a private lake or pond
– operator to our company done board by a person who is exempt from the education requirement or buy a person who is at least 18 years old, possesses the required identification cards, and is intended to the operation of the vessel and is responsible for any violation that occurs
No one under age 14 years of age may operate a PWC on Florida waters at any time even if such person possesses a boating safety education ID card.
No one under the age of 18 years may rent or lease a PWC.
It is also illegal for the owner of a PWC to knowingly allow a person under 14 years of age to operate a PWC.