{"id":5048,"date":"2022-09-09T11:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T18:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-azgfd-main.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=5048"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:39:30","slug":"boating-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/education\/boating-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Boating Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learn About Our Boating Education Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Arizona Game and Fish Department\u2019s Boating Safety Education courses cover the basic skills required to safely operate a boat or personal watercraft, trailering your vessel, navigational rules, buoys, anchoring, legal requirements, boating emergencies, water sports, and paddling.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Whether you have been paddling for years or are just thinking of giving it a try, we have opportunities for you to brush up or try out your paddling skills.<\/p>\n\n \n

AZGFD offers hands-on classes for kayaking and for standup paddleboarding. These courses are designed to equip paddlers with basic skills to get from point A to point B successfully, understand the legal responsibilities that come with getting on the water, and what to do in emergency situations. AZGFD provides all of the paddle equipment including life jackets.<\/p>\n\n \n

These classes have been verified to meet the American National Standard for on-water skills and has received the Verified Course-Human Propelled Mark. This is the first human propelled course in the nation to receive this voluntary third-party verification based on the American National Standard for boating skills.<\/p>\n\n \n

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