Water Skiing
[Table 4.1]

 

State

Does your state require an observer to be present when pulling a skier?

Other, please specify

Does your state require a mirror to be present when pulling a skier?

Other, please specify

Does your state prohibit water skiing during any specific time of the day/night?

If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, please describe the time(s) when skiing is prohibited.

Alabama

Other, please specify 

vessel: observer or mirror pwc:mirrors 

Other, please specify 

vessel: observer or mirror pwc:mirrors 

Yes 

from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise 

Alaska

Other, please specify 

Observer or mirror 

Other, please specify 

Observer or mirror 

No 

 

American Samoa

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

Sunset to sunrise 

Arizona

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

Sunset to sunrise. 

Arkansas

 

 

 

 

Yes 

1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise. 

Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Columbia

 

 

 

 

 

 

California

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

Waterskiing is allowed between sunrise and sunset unless regulated by local ordinance 

Colorado

yes 

 

no 

 

yes 

sunset to sunrise 

Connecticut

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

1/2 hour after sunset until sunrise 

Delaware

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

sunrise to sunset 

District of Columbia

Yes 

 

Yes 

 

Yes 

Skiing is prohibited from sunset to sunrise 

Florida

Other, please specify 

Observer or wide-angle rearview mirror. 

Other, please specify 

Wide-angle rearview mirror or observer. 

Yes 

A person may not engage in skiing from ¬? hour after sunset to ¬? hour before sunrise. 

Georgia

Other, please specify 

Only if there is no wide angle mirror on board 

Other, please specify 

Only if there is no observer on board 

Yes 

During hours of darkness, from sunset to sunrise, goes by time. 

Guam

Other, please specify 

Observer or mirror 

Other, please specify 

See #40 

Yes 

Sun down to sun up 

Hawaii

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

sunset to sunrise 

Idaho

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

It is illegal to tow a water-skier between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. 

Illinois

Yes  

 

No 

 

Yes  

1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 before sunrise  

Indiana

Other, please specify 

yes on except on Ohio River 

Other, please specify 

Only on Ohio River w/o observer 

Yes 

Nightime 

Iowa

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

One half hour after sunset to sunrise. 

Kansas

Other, please specify 

Only if the vessel is not equipped with a mirror 

Other, please specify 

Only if there is no observer at least 12 YOA 

Yes 

1/2 hr. before sunrise to 1/2 hr. after sunset 

Kentucky

Other, please specify 

Observer or wide angle mirror 

Other, please specify 

Mirror required if no observer onboard 

Yes 

Prohibited between sunset and sunrise 

Louisiana

No 

 

Yes 

 

Yes 

sun rise to sun set 

Maine

Yes 

 

Other, please specify 

within a regulation slalom course 

Yes 

1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 before sunrise prohibited 

Manitoba (Canada)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

sunrise to sunset only 

Massachusetts

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

From sunset to sunrise 

Michigan

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

Unlawful from 1 hr. after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise. 

Minnesota

Other, please specify 

Either observer or mirror 

Other, please specify 

Either observer or mirror 

Yes 

60 minutes past sunset to sunrise the following day. 

Mississippi

Yes 

 

No 

 

No 

 

Missouri

Other, please specify 

Unless an approved mirror is properly in place 

No 

 

Yes 

Sliing is allowed from sunrise to sunset. 

Montana

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

sunset & sunrise 

Nebraska

No 

 

Other, please specify 

only when there is no observer 

Yes 

nightime 

Nevada

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

No skiing at night 

New Hampshire

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

after sunset and before sunrise 

New Jersey

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

sunset to sunrise 

New Mexico

Yes 

 

Other, please specify 

Ski mirror is also allowed provided 180 degree  

Yes 

between one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise 

New York

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

prohibited from sunset to sunrise 

North Carolina

Other, please specify 

or mirror, or if skier is wearing PFD 

Other, please specify 

or observer, or if skier is wearing PFD 

Yes 

from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.  

North Dakota

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

Between the hours from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. 

Northern Mariana Islands

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise 

Ohio

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

Sunset to sunrise prohibited, Some Lakes have restricted times when sking can occur. 

Oklahoma

Other, please specify 

Unless vessel is equipped w/ proper convex mirror 

Other, please specify 

Unless vessel has proper observer 8 YOA or older 

Yes 

Sunset to Sunrise and during periods of restricted visibility. 

Ontario (Canada)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oregon

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

sunset to sunrise prohibited 

Pennsylvania

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

between sunset and sunrise 

Puerto Rico

Yes 

 

No 

 

No 

 

Quebec (Canada)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhode Island

Yes 

 

Other, please specify 

observer 12 yo or older 

Yes 

one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise water skiing is prohibited. 

South Carolina

Yes 

 

 

 

Yes 

Prohibit skiing between the hours of Sunset and Sunrise. 

South Dakota

Yes 

 

Other, please specify 

Yes, if there is not an observer. 

Yes 

1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise. 

Tennessee

Yes 

 

Yes 

 

Yes 

Sunset to sunrise 

Texas

Other, please specify 

YES, if not equipped with mirror 

Yes 

 

Yes  

1/2 hour after sunset TO 1/2 hour bafore sunrise 

Utah

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

sunset to sunrise 

Vermont

Yes 

 

No 

 

Yes 

No skiing between sunset and sunrise. 

Virgin Islands