New Jersey Online Boating Course

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New Jersey Boating

New Jersey Boaters - take your boating safety course Online at www.boatcourse.com!
$29.95
(+ $20.00 in-person testing fee)

The "New Jersey Online Boating Course"™ is the first NJ State Police, Marine Services Bureau, approved and authorized online boating safety course. It is recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard. Passing this course enables you to operate your boat or Jet Ski legally in New Jersey and the USA!

GET YOUR NEW JERSEY BOATER CARD IN 3 EASY STEPS:

Pass the New Jersey Online Boating Course™ by completing each of the 7 chapters and print your "Proof of Completion". Study at your own pace - there is no expiration.
Schedule an appointment to take your final in-person exam. Click the "Final Exam" above to see a list of locations, dates and times.
Show your "Proof of Completion" and ID at a testing center. There is a testing fee of $20.00 which is paid to the instructor at the testing site. The final exam must be taken in-person and a passing score of 70% or better is required.

Looking for a Classroom Boating Course? Click on the "Classroom Courses" button above.

Who is Required to Have a Boating Safety Course?
In New Jersey, all persons operating any powerboat or PWC (jet ski, sea doo, etc) must have proof of passing an approved boating safety education course. All operators born in 1949 and later must posses an approved boating safety education course certificate; and by June 1, 2009 every power vessel operator in New Jersey must posses a certificate.

Persons taking a boating safety course may be 10 years of age or older but must wait until they are at least 13 to obtain their New Jersey boating certificate. Click here for Age and Operator information.

THE NEW JERSEY ONLINE BOATING COURSE™ IS APPROVED BY THE NJ MARINE SERVICES BUREAU. Click here to see the New Jersey State Police Approval Letter

Final exam locations

Click on a location:

Eatontown (Kessler Products)

Freehold (American Legion)

Hammonton (Ramada Inn)

Galloway (Volunteer Fire Dept No. 4)
Teaneck (American Legion)

Ocean City (OC Yacht Club)

Point Pleasant Beach (VFW)

Rio Grande (Electronics Marine Concepts)

Roxbury (Senior Center at Horseshoe Lake)

Salem (Fraternal Order of Police)

Woodbridge (Hampton Inn)

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How does the online boating course program work?

Once you pass the NJ Online Boating Course™ and are in possession of a "Proof of Completion" document, you are then eligible to take the final in-person exam and receive your NJ approved boating safety certificate.
NOTE: The final exam fee of $20.00 is paid to the instructor at the time of testing.

CLICK THE "EXAM SITE" TAB ABOVE TO SEE THE TESTING DATES AND LOCATIONS
DO NOT PAY WHEN REGISTERING (you will pay the instructor at the testing center). Once you register online, your information is recorded and you do not need to call. We will recieve an email with your registration information.

The final exam must be taken in-person
and the person administering the exam must be a
certified NJ boating safety instructor authorized by American Boating Education, LLC.