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 |