Jet ski rentals in Lake Havasu City, AZ

• Lake Havasu State Park ramp: Built for personal watercraft and jet craft, and found in Lot 1 on the park's northern side. It does not allow watercraft with propellers.
• Lake Havasu State Park entry: A vehicle entrance fee applies: $20 Monday to Thursday, and $25 Friday to Sunday and on holidays.
• Cattail Cove State Park: Day use costs $10 when one person is in the vehicle and $20 with two to four people, launching included.

• Arizona life jackets and lanyard: Arizona requires each person aboard a personal watercraft to wear a life jacket. The rider also attaches the engine cutoff lanyard to the body, clothing or life jacket when the maker fitted one. Source
• Arizona distance and load: Riding within 60 feet of another watercraft counts toward reckless operation when paired with a second unsafe act, except at flat wake. A personal watercraft may not carry more than its safe capacity or the maker's limits. Source
• Arizona operator age: A child under 12 needs a parent, guardian or adult 18 or older aboard to run a motor above 8 horsepower, except in an emergency. Source
• Arizona towing: Towing a skier or tuber takes an operator and an observer, and towing is not allowed between sunset and sunrise. Source
• Arizona alcohol limit: Arizona sets the boating limit at an alcohol level of 0.08 or higher within two hours of operating. Operating while impaired to even the slightest degree is also unlawful. Source
• Two states share the river: Arizona and California both regulate the Colorado River, so riders should know the rules of both states.
• California life jackets and night riding: California requires every person on a personal watercraft to wear a Coast Guard approved life jacket. A personal watercraft cannot be operated there between sunset and sunrise. This applies on California waters, and the state's boating laws fact sheet is dated 2018. Source
• Wildlife refuge waters: The Havasu National Wildlife Refuge bars personal watercraft from Topock Marsh and from the refuge backwaters off the main river channel, and those backwaters are no-wake zones. Topock Gorge bars towing, tubing, skiing and wakeboarding along 17 miles of river. Source
• Bridgewater Channel: Every watercraft is held to 5 mph, with no wake, in the Bridgewater Channel.

Plan around the water as well as the launch. Shallow water and a rocky bottom ring the shoreline of Grass Island, so give it room on approach. Beyond Grass Island, the lake's southern basin has named coves, among them Havasu Springs, Steamboat Cove, Friendly Island and Copper Canyon. Holiday weekends run busy, and on-water checkpoints are possible in the busy summer months.

The tourism board lists mid-May to early October as the warm-weather boating window. July and August water measures 83 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit, and daytime highs reach 105 to 109 degrees from June to August.

• Arizona Revised Statutes, personal watercraft
• Arizona Revised Statutes, motor age rule
• Arizona Revised Statutes, towing
• Arizona Revised Statutes, boating under the influence
• Arizona State Parks, Lake Havasu boating
• Arizona State Parks, fee schedule
• Arizona State Parks, Cattail Cove facility information
• California Division of Boating and Waterways, boating laws fact sheet
• US Fish and Wildlife Service, Havasu National Wildlife Refuge laws and regulations
• Go Lake Havasu, Bridgewater Channel laws
• Go Lake Havasu, boating attractions
• Go Lake Havasu, weather and webcam
• Go Lake Havasu, water temperature and level
• Go Lake Havasu, boating under the influence