Virginia Boating Course
Taking this safe boating course will allow you to get your Virginia boater education certificate online.
The Virginia boating safety education certificate (also referred to as the Virginia Boaters License) is proof that a boater has demonstrated basic boating knowledge by passing an approved boating safety course and exam. Boat Ed’s online boating safety course for Virginia has been approved and accepted for certification by the Virginia Department of Game and Fisheries since 2001.
As of July 1, 2009, all PWC operators 20 years old and younger must complete a boating safety course. This is the beginning of the phase-in of the Education Compliance Requirement for all Virginia boaters:
In 2007, the Virginia General Assembly enacted a law to establish a boating safety education compliance requirement. The requirement for boating safety education is phased-in over several years. Effective July 1, 2009, the course requirements will apply to all PWC operators 20 years of age or younger. Effective July 1, 2010, the course requirements apply to all PWC operators 35 years of age or younger.
There is no minimum age to take the online boat safety exam.
The online Certification Exam costs $29.50—one time only, after you pass. There is no charge for the Virginia boating safety education certificate.
Your Virginia boating safety education certificate will be mailed to your home within 5–7 business days after you pass the exam.
Upon passing the exam, you will be able to immediately print out a temporary Virginia boater education certificate.
All boat-ed content has been developed in conjunction with the state boating safety agencies responsible for boater education, and is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), and is recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard.
