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?
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
vessel: observer or mirror pwc:mirrors
Yes
from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise
Alaska
Observer or mirror
No
American Samoa
Sunset to sunrise
Arizona
Sunset to sunrise.
Arkansas
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Australia
British Columbia
California
Waterskiing is allowed between sunrise and sunset unless regulated by local ordinance
Colorado
yes
no
sunset to sunrise
Connecticut
1/2 hour after sunset until sunrise
Delaware
sunrise to sunset
District of Columbia
Skiing is prohibited from sunset to sunrise
Florida
Observer or wide-angle rearview mirror.
Wide-angle rearview mirror or observer.
A person may not engage in skiing from ¬? hour after sunset to ¬? hour before sunrise.
Georgia
Only if there is no wide angle mirror on board
Only if there is no observer on board
During hours of darkness, from sunset to sunrise, goes by time.
Guam
See #40
Sun down to sun up
Hawaii
Idaho
It is illegal to tow a water-skier between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.
Illinois
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 before sunrise
Indiana
yes on except on Ohio River
Only on Ohio River w/o observer
Nightime
Iowa
One half hour after sunset to sunrise.
Kansas
Only if the vessel is not equipped with a mirror
Only if there is no observer at least 12 YOA
1/2 hr. before sunrise to 1/2 hr. after sunset
Kentucky
Observer or wide angle mirror
Mirror required if no observer onboard
Prohibited between sunset and sunrise
Louisiana
sun rise to sun set
Maine
within a regulation slalom course
1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 before sunrise prohibited
Manitoba (Canada)
Maryland
sunrise to sunset only
Massachusetts
From sunset to sunrise
Michigan
Unlawful from 1 hr. after sunset until 1 hour before sunrise.
Minnesota
Either observer or mirror
60 minutes past sunset to sunrise the following day.
Mississippi
Missouri
Unless an approved mirror is properly in place
Sliing is allowed from sunrise to sunset.
Montana
sunset & sunrise
Nebraska
only when there is no observer
nightime
Nevada
No skiing at night
New Hampshire
after sunset and before sunrise
New Jersey
New Mexico
Ski mirror is also allowed provided 180 degree
between one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise
New York
prohibited from sunset to sunrise
North Carolina
or mirror, or if skier is wearing PFD
or observer, or if skier is wearing PFD
from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise.
North Dakota
Between the hours from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise.
Northern Mariana Islands
one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise
Ohio
Sunset to sunrise prohibited, Some Lakes have restricted times when sking can occur.
Oklahoma
Unless vessel is equipped w/ proper convex mirror
Unless vessel has proper observer 8 YOA or older
Sunset to Sunrise and during periods of restricted visibility.
Ontario (Canada)
Oregon
sunset to sunrise prohibited
Pennsylvania
between sunset and sunrise
Puerto Rico
Quebec (Canada)
Rhode Island
observer 12 yo or older
one half hour after sunset to one half hour before sunrise water skiing is prohibited.
South Carolina
Prohibit skiing between the hours of Sunset and Sunrise.
South Dakota
Yes, if there is not an observer.
Tennessee
Texas
YES, if not equipped with mirror
1/2 hour after sunset TO 1/2 hour bafore sunrise
Utah
Vermont
No skiing between sunset and sunrise.
Virgin Islands