Florida Boating License Lookup

Boating Safety Education ID Card records live with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). If you can’t find your card, the FWC boater education program at MyFWC.com can confirm what’s on file for you.

Request a duplicate through the FWC boater education program. The card never expires, so a replacement restores the same lifetime credential; there’s no retesting.

Boat Skill certificates carry a QR code and certificate number verifiable at boatskill.com/verify. Official FWC cards can be confirmed through the FWC. Most rental counters accept the card itself plus photo ID.

Yes — Florida accepts the card in physical, digital, or paper form, carried together with photo ID while operating.

Florida honors other states’ NASBLA-standard cards under reciprocity, but their records live with the issuing state. Contact that state’s boating agency for a replacement, not the FWC.