Florida’s increasingly crowded waterways had 694 “reportable” boating accidents in 2025, up from 685 in 2024, according to a ...

A new state report shows Florida recorded 694 reportable boating accidents in 2025, with officials pointing to increasingly ...

Drowning was the leading cause of death, with most victims not wearing life jackets.

Personal watercraft were a notable slice of that danger, with 161 reported crashes and 12 deaths involving PWCs. Those ...

A late-afternoon turning maneuver on Putnam County’s Star Lake turned fatal when a personal watercraft towing an inflatable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida leads the nation in boating fatalities, according to the 2024 Boating Accident Statistical Report from the Florida Fish ...

Jocelyn Brown lived in Key West and was 27.

An effort to impose stricter penalties on reckless boaters, spurred by a 2022 crash in the Florida Keys that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old girl, continued moving forward Wednesday in the ...

Everyone born after January 1, 1988, must have a Boating Safety Education ID Card to legally operate a boat of 10 or more horsepower on Florida waters. So, as of this writing, if you are 37 or younger ...

Florida’s increasingly crowded waterways had 694 “reportable” boating accidents in 2025, up from 685 in 2024 and 659 in 2023, according to a state report released Monday. Included in the annual ...

State authorities continue to investigate a boat strike that claimed the life of a Florida Keys diver on May 8 near Little Palm Island off Big Pine Key. Summerland Key resident Jocelyn Brown, 27, was ...